4 July

Horrid German today. I asked Miss Prism why I can't learn a *nice* language, like maybe French for instance. Miss Prism says German is a respectable language. Miss Prism says French is indecent and indeed that the French natives are not only indecent but also uncharitable and it is because of them that we no longer own the colonies. I don't much mind people who are indecent, but I don't at *all* approve of people who are uncharitable. It is wrong, and besides, it gives us no excuse for a ball!