16 February

At last a letter from Ernest. Of course I was obliged to write it myself. I shall write three times a week, I think—perhaps oftener, since it is *so* difficult for young lovers to be apart.

Now that I am engaged, of course, I shall be obliged to curtail my *friendships* about the house. After all, one mustn't encourage too many confidences with those of the serving orders—one does not desire them to take liberties.