Tuesday 8th January 1935

Bitterly cold weather. Warning to myself! I am becoming emotional again as I was before the time of Volume Two. Reminder: I must cut down the emotional business and concentrate on practical things. I mean “emotional” in the sense of weak willed, loose tongued silliness.

These diary books are more capacious than the old ones, so shall reduce the number of books per year. I will use only eight titles instead of twelve: Dawn, Morning Mists, Shimmering Haze, Lengthening Shadows, Sunset, Twilight, Midnight, Stillness.