December 10 + 

“Don’t be an old fossil,” she said to me tonight, irrelevantly. + 

“Apropos of what?” I inquired. + 

“Mother, here’s W⁠⸺ proposing to E⁠⸺! Do come,” cried ⸻, with intent to confuse. I laughed heartlessly. + 

Dear, dear, where will it all end? It’s a sad business when you fall in love with a girl you don’t like. + 