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Weekly Contest #345
Friday 12th June The exam went well. The same warm weather as yesterday has been present today. Fortunately, the sun did not watch us taking the exam, she chose to hide behind the few clouds above the city. Luckily I finished packing my things on Wednesday; Monsieur le Professeur would not let us out until the clock struck twelve. We had all finished but no; an old and grumpy man cannot bear to see joy in others.I barely caught the Le Mistral at half-past twelve, and because of my late arrival to the station I could not have my pick of seat,...
Letter V We have sailed into the ice and are now stuck in it. I cannot see the ocean; there are no waves: only ice as far as the eye can see. If we were to encounter another storm, the first mate told me, we would not survive it. I fully believe his statement; but I more so believe that God could not let a boy as young and full of warmth towards others as the little cook’s boy, die this young, and in circumstances such as these. He has become terribly sick; he is bedridden and has been for a day, said the first mate. I will take on his dutie...
Weekly Contest #344
Wednesday, 2nd January 1929.The terrible headache from yesterday has gone. The museum’s director does not work on the 1st and thus we spent the day a little worse for wear; one cannot ignore the advice of a good friend. I have never been so consistent in taking my meals as I have been here. Georges will have none of the forgotten breakfasts I am prone to at home. I shall have to take a few jars of the marmalade back with me to Edinburgh, as well as the coffee. It was considerably warm walking to the museum this morning; the northern breeze o...
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