22 May

Trapped indoors all day, so I visited with my dear guardian in his library. While I was there, I also looked for information on pirates and found the most astoundingly exciting news—apparently, pirates often have a patch over one eye, and they *always* wear an earring! I became quite breathless when I read that and was obliged to sit down for quite some time. Oh, I *do* hope my Ernest is a pirate—they look so attractively outlandish!