August 6 + 

E⁠⸺ and I were very modern in our courtship. Our candour was mutual and complete⁠—parents and relatives would be shocked and staggered if they knew.⁠ ⁠… You see I am a biologist and we are both freethinkers. Voilà!⁠ ⁠… I hate all reticence and concealment.⁠ ⁠… There is a good deal of that ass, Gregers Werle, in my nature. + 