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We ourselves saw the play yesterday, and we are now discussing it. I am explaining to B. the difficulty I experience in writing an account of it for my diary. I tell him that I really do not know what to say about it. WE OURSELVES SAW THE PLAY YESTERDAY AND WE ARE NOW DISCUSSING IT I AM EXPLAINING TO B THE DIFFICULTY I EXPERIENCE IN WRITING AN ACCOUNT OF IT FOR MY DIARY I TELL HIM THAT I REALLY DO NOT KNOW WHAT TO SAY ABOUT IT
 beside me. It is about eleven o'clock in the morning. B. is sitting up in his bed a few feet off, smoking a pipe. We have just finished a light repast of--what do you think? you will never guess--coffee and rolls. We intend to put the week straight by stopping in bed all day, at all events until the evening. Two English ladies occupy the bedroom next to ours. They seem to have made up their minds to also stay upstairs all day. We can hear them walking about their room, muttering. They have been doing this for the last three-quarters of an hour. They seem troubled about something. It is very pleasant here. An overflow performance is being given in the theatre to-day for the benefit of those people who could not gain admittance yesterday, and, through the open windows, we can hear the rhythmic chant of the chorus. Mellowed by the distance, the wailing cadence of the plaintive songs, mingled with the shrill Haydnistic strains of the orchestra, falls with a mournful sweetness on our ears. COVERED BED IS ON THE FLOOR BESIDE ME IT IS ABOUT ELEVEN O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING B IS SITTING UP IN HIS BED A FEW FEET OFF SMOKING A PIPE WE HAVE JUST FINISHED A LIGHT REPAST OF WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU WILL NEVER GUESS COFFEE AND ROLLS WE INTEND TO PUT THE WEEK STRAIGHT BY STOPPING IN BED ALL DAY AT ALL EVENTS UNTIL THE EVENING TWO ENGLISH LADIES OCCUPY THE BEDROOM NEXT TO OURS THEY SEEM TO HAVE MADE UP THEIR MINDS TO ALSO STAY UPSTAIRS ALL DAY WE CAN HEAR THEM WALKING ABOUT THEIR ROOM MUTTERING THEY HAVE BEEN DOING THIS FOR THE LAST THREE QUARTERS OF AN HOUR THEY SEEM TROUBLED ABOUT SOMETHING IT IS VERY PLEASANT HERE AN OVERFLOW PERFORMANCE IS BEING GIVEN IN THE THEATRE TO DAY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO COULD NOT GAIN A BITTANCE YESTERDAY AND THROUGH THE OPEN WINDOWS WE CAN HEAR THE RHYTHMIC CHANT OF THE CHORUS MELLOWED BY THE DISTANCE THE WAILING CADENCE OF THE PLAINTIVE SONGS MINGLED WITH THE SHRILL HAGNISTIC STRAINS OF THE ORCHESTRA FALLS WITH A MOURNFUL SWEETNESS ON OUR EARS
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