February 15 + 

Tried to kiss her in a taxicab on the way home from the Savoy⁠—the taxicab danger is very present with us⁠—but she rejected me quietly, sombrely. I apologised on the steps of the Flats and said I feared I had greatly annoyed her. “I’m not annoyed,” she said, “only surprised”⁠—in a thoughtful, chilly voice. + 

We had had supper in Soho, and I took some wine, and she looked so bewitching it sent me in a fever, thrumming my fingers on the seat of the cab while she sat beside me impassive. Her shoulders are exquisitely modelled and a beautiful head is carried poised on a tiny neck. + 