Packing day. Our duds have been scattered all over the three rooms, and so we had to gather them in and divide and subdivide, in short, do all those things which are necessary when you wish to get much into a small space. We took leave of Maja as Tante Lenchen is going along, and…

Our train for Basel left at 11 o’clock, and we felt pretty bad to know that we had to say good bye to Tante Lenchen. She has been such a comfort to us during the past month. As we ran in and out of her home, making our excursions into Switzerland, we always felt that…

We left at 10 o’clock this morning for Paris. We traveled second class and had a room all to ourselves up to about 2 o’clock when two French soldiers with red trousers and red caps came in. I guess they were sorry that they came, for I tried my French on them and bombarded them…