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Sept 1st Milan - to Genève

Cleared up about French Visa's & after trying vainly to get a picnic lunch from a shop who thought I was English - & wouldn't try to help - we three started our long drive. The porter in the hall as we left had a very long face. I decided he was a pessimist & an alarmist. He told us not to waste a moment in getting to France. E & I were terrified that Loya's famous nervousness in cars was going to slow us up or drive us nuts. But lo & behold when she had to go in a hurry she didn't murmur. She was marvelous the whole time, about our speed - in the mountains - in traffic - in black night - & throughout. When we reached the Simplon pass (the only one still open) the officer said "The war has started." Germany had attacked Poland at noon, & war had actually begun. We had suffered from the war of nerves & admired it as a