10 June

Today is was just Uncle Jack, Mr. and Mrs. Arbuthnot, Veruca, Rupert and I for dinner. Mr. Arbuthnot and Rupert away all day, so I was obliged to listen to Veruca accompany herself on the spinet to a most dreadful effect. Veruca is very fond of operettas. I *loathe* operettas. I feel they are always in poor taste. At dinner though, I was seated between Uncle Jack and Rupert! I told him I am 20. Sadly, he is only 19 and so too young for me. Luckily, I still have Ernest.