Saw in paper photograph of newly-married bridal pair, the Crown Prince Leopold of Belgium (whose mother was daughter of King of Bavaria) and Princess Astrid of Sweden. They look a charming couple such as one would read of in fairy-tales. – Was singularly depressed all day. Coming home at 12 on Wednesdays and being left to work by myself seems to make me moody and bad-tempered. On other days, I have no time to be anything else but cheery, having such an amount of work to do. Went to Arthur and swapped stamps. – Struggled through comp.: ‘Nothing became Hamlet in life like the leaving it’ and took 2 ½ hours to do it! This is terrible. I must try and do it in 1 hour next time.
