August 31 + 

Staying at the Hotel du Guesclin at Cancale near St. Malo with my dear A⁠⸺. + 

This flood of new experiences has knocked my diary habit out of gear. To be candid, I’ve forgotten all about myself. I’ve been too engrossed in living to stand the strain of setting down and in cold blood writing out all the things seen and heard. If I once began I should blow through these pages like a whirlwind.⁠ ⁠… But what a waste of time with M. le batelier waiting outside with his bisque to take us mackerel fishing!⁠ ⁠… + 