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DESKAIDE * THE SILENT SECRETARY * 1942

DECEMBER 
8 
TUESDAY

Dolores has a pretty pink new hat + her mother has black + white dress, black shoes + hat for funeral new! 

[[strikethrough]] Fa [[/strikethrough]] Cold + cloudy. I went to school - Gym test postponed til Thur. but a math test tomorrow + Latin Test. After school I studied for tests but not much more homework. So I went to see Dolores after supper. The coffin with her father in it (in gray suit, but his face didn't look natural at all or real - too white) with [[strikethrough]] a [[/strikethrough]] the flag draped over it + 2 beautiful tall lamps, blue velvet background (all loaned by Army) +  borrowed from neighbor drapes + about 6 or 7 bouquets of flowers all around - from neighbors, Dolores's cadet section + homeroom, etc. Mother gave a $2 bunch (pretty) of assorted flowers. We gave a blanket for baby so he won't kick out at night [[image of baby in blanket with text:]]  open at sides 
buttons there folds. [[/image]]

"To climb steep hills requires slow pace at first" - SHAKESPEARE



DESKAIDE * THE SILENT SECRETARY * 1942

DECEMBER 
9 
WEDNESDAY

Cloudy + snowed quite a bit - but melted when hit ground. I went to school as usual. I do my singing (about 25 min.) + piano practicing (19 or 20 min.) in morning, homework at night. We had a math test (short answer + true and false - I missed several (thought we would have originals & theorems to do instead) + in Latin test got 99 a lot got 100. We have another tomorrow. We have finished "Ivanhoe" in Eng. + have "Twelfth Night" (Shakespeare) now. I didn't have much homework so I after supper I went over to see Dolores. Mother went to funeral today at Chapel in Fort Myer but she couldn't get to Arlington Cemetary [[Cemeterty]] - no means of transportation there. Mourner cars were full. I went over to see Dolores after supper.

"To live long it is necessary to live slowly" - CICERO