March 19 + 

Went over to see E⁠⸺. We had an awkward half-an-hour alone together. She was looking bewitching! I am plunging more and more into love. Had it on the tip of my tongue once. I am dreadfully fond of her. + 

“I have a most profound gloom over me,” I said. + 

“Why don’t you try and get rid of it?” she asked. + 

“I can’t until Zeus has pity and rolls away the clouds.” + 