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Dearest Kitty, I've finished my story about Ellen, the fairy. I've copied it out on nice notepaper, decorated it with red ink and sewn the pages together. The whole thing looks quite pretty, but I don't know if it's enough of a birthday present. Margot and Mother have both written poems.
Mr Kugler came upstairs this afternoon with the news that, starting Monday, Mrs Broks would like to spend two hours in the office every afternoon. Just imagine! The office staff won't be able to come upstairs, the potatoes can't be delivered, Bep won't get her dinner, we can't use the lavatory, we won't be able to move and all sorts of other inconveniences! We proposed a variety of ways to get rid of her. Mr van Daan thought a good laxative in her coffee might do the trick. 'No,' Mr Kleiman answered, 'please don't, or we'll never get her off the bog!'