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Arrival in Ghent.  Same sleepy city  Drove to Celine's mother.  She was glad to see me.  Her sister looks very vulgar, heavy and without manners and conceit and arrogance equal her slovenliness  Very awkward to meet.  After some painful 20 minutes drove off with Celine to my mother.  Glad meeting.  Later on drove to Rocher de Cancale had a little feast all by ourselves.  Crevettes. Sole meuniere and bottle of Tisane
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Nobody but ourselves!  really enjoyable!  Then by falling light went to take a long walk thru streets of our birthplace.  Many an old house, an old corner remembered us of our childhood and of 20 years ago before our marriage!  How everything looks trifling now  Nobody recognized us.  Met some faces I had seen before. how trivial it all looks.  Off for [[underlined]] Brussels [[/underlined]] now.  Hotel Metropole where they gave us big room & bathroom.
[[margin]] June 8. [[/margin]]  Spent all day with Celine in Brussels.  Nice warm weather.  Went driving around rattling iron wheels on pavé!  Gave me a brain rattling.