16 October 1922 – 22 October 1922

Laublatter. The Four Fountains. The Red Tobacco Plant. English dog. The funeral proces- sion. Actions and Reactions. The silky husks, like the inside of the paw of a cat. * Darling.' Fire is sunlight and returns to the sun again in an unending cycle. . . . G. looks exactly like a desert chief. I kept thinking of Doughty's " Arabia "... To be wildly enthusiastic, or deadly serious — both are wrong. Both pass. One must keep ever present a sense of humour. It depends entirely on yourself how much you see or hear or understand. But the sense of humour I have found of use in every single occasion of my life. Now perhaps you understand what the word ' indifferent ' means. It is to learn not to mind, and not to show your mind.

In the autumn garden leaves falling. Little footfalls, like gentle whispering. They fly, spin, twirl, shake.