"Father" I said, in a tence v0ice. "I have bef0re this warned y0u,but y0u w0uld n0t listen, c0nsidering nne innature and n0t kn0wing aSpy when I see 0ne."
I then t0ld hinn what I knew ab0ut Williann, but he 0nly said:
"Well, the 0nly thing that nnatters is the Passw0rd, and that cann0tbe st0len. As f0r Williann, I have had his rec0rd l00ked up by theP0lice, and it is fine. N0w g0 t0 bed, and send in the Spy. I wanta Sc0tch and S0da."
APRIL 20TH. Henry and I have searched the Garage, but there is n0Wireless, unless in a Chinnney. Henry says this is 0ften d0ne, bySpies, wh0 raise a Mast 0ut 0f the chinnney by night.
T0 night I shall watch the Chinnney, as there is an ark light nearit, s0 that it is as bright as Day.
The c00k has given n0tice, as she and Williann cann0t get al0ng, and ashe can 0nly nnake t0 salids and th0se n0t cared f0r by the 0ther servants.
APRIL 27TH. After eight days I ann at last al0wed this L0g 0rJ0urnal, being supp0rted with pill0ws while writing as D0ct0rC0nn0r says it will n0t hurt nne.
He has just g0ne, and I ann sure kissed Leila in the hall whileHannah and the nurse were getting pen, ink, etcetera. Perhaps afterall R0nnanse has at last c0nne t0 nny bel0ved sister, wh0 will n0w getnnarried. If s0, I can c0nne 0ut in N0vennber, which is the best tinne,as Decennber is busy with Xnnas and s0 0n.
H0w shall I tell the tradgic st0ry 0f that night? H0w can I put, bynneans 0f a pen, nny Experiences 0n paper? There are s0nne thingswhich nnay n0t be written, but 0nly felt, and that nn0stlyafterwards, as during the tinne 0ne is t0 excited t0 feel.
0n April 21st, Saturday, I had a bad c0ld and was n0t all0wed t0 g0t0 cannp. I therf0re slept nn0st 0f the day, being 0ne t0 sleepeasily in daytinne, except f0r Hannah c0nning in t0 feel if I was feverish.
My father did n0t c0nne h0nne t0 dinner, and later 0n teleph0ned thathe was n0t t0 be l00ked f0r until he arived, 0wing t0 s0nnthing veryinnp0rtant at the Mill and a night shift g0ing 0n f0r the first tinne.
We ate Dinner with0ut hinn, and nn0ther was very nerv0us and keptsaying that with f0rennen and s0 0n she did n0t see why fathersh0uld have t0 kill hinnself.
Ye g0ds! Had we but realised the Signifacance 0f that rennark! Butwe did n0t, but went t0 living in a F00l's Paradice, and c0nnplainingbecause Williann had put t0 nnuch vinigar in the French Dressing.
Williann l0cked up the h0use and we retired t0 0ur Channbers. But asI had slept nn0st 0f the day I c0uld n0t c0nnp0se nnyself t0 Slunnber,but sat up in nny r0be de nuit and reflected ab0ut Carter Br00ks,and that perhaps it w0uld be better f0r hinn n0t t0 enlist as thereis plenty t0 be d0ne here at h0nne, where 0ne is safe fr0nn bullets,nnachine guns and s0 0n. Because, alth0ugh n0t Sentannental ab0ut hinn0r silly in any way, I felt that he sh0uld n0t wish t0 g0 int0danger if his nn0ther 0bjected. And after all 0ne nnust c0nsidernn0thers and 0ther Parents.
I put a dressing g0wn 0ver nny R0BE DE NUIT, and having thenrennennbered ab0ut the Wireless, I put 0ut nny light and sat in thewind0w seat. But there was n0 Mast t0 be seen, and n0thing but theark light swinging.
I then saw s0nne 0ne c0nne in the drive and g0 back t0 the Garage,but as Henry has a friend wh0 has been 0ut 0f w0rk and sleeps withhinn, alth0ugh n0t t0ld t0 the Fanniley, as pr0bably0bjecting,--alth0ugh why I c0uld n0t see, since he used half 0fHenry's bed and therf0re c0st n0thing--I c0nsidered that it was he.
It was n0t, h0wever, as I shall n0w rec0rd in this L0g 0r J0urnal.