Dora has not heard anything further from the lawyers, "... though Kate wrote to me that she did not like the school and had now left. I am sure that she knows best what suits her, so I am quite satisfied with her decision. At the same time, I do think, just because she finds social life difficult, that it is good for her to have company, and it seems a difficult problem."

"There are a number of progressive schools in the States, but the majority of them are in the east I am afraid."

"It is very odd here, quite unlike the start of the war in 1914, plans were made for air menace, which so far has not materialized, and the suspense gives everyone a queer feeling." The children "will hardly need parents by the time that I see them again."