- We played on the swing, that was when I roared with laughter, the fall was so wonderful! Indeed! I told the sisters about it so many times yesterday that they got quite fed up, but I could go on telling it masses of times ... What weather we've had! One could simply shout with joy.
- Olga is hitting Maria,and Maria is shouting like a big idiot. A Dragoon and a big idiot.
- A soldier told me if you hop up and down on 1 leg it makes you grow taller!
- ...I am sitting on the sofa near Aleksey who is having dinner with M. Gilliard and Maria is running about making very much noise. After that we spent some time with Alexey. When we are free we usually do it...
- It is so sad to hear that Nikolai Nikolaevich Vasiliev has died. We all find it hard that he's not alive. Friends write to us, but many letters don't reach us... We remember the old days, visiting our hospital. I guess no one goes to the graves of our injured ones now nearly everyone was taken away from Tsarskoe. Do you remember Lukyanov he was so pitiful and sweet, always playing with our bracelets like a baby. His visiting card was in my album, but unfortunately the album was left behind at Tsarskoe. Just now I'm writing in our bedroom. On the writing desk are pictures of our beloved hospital...All in all, the times we went to visit the hospital were awfully good. We often reminisce about our visits to the hospital, the evening chats on the telephone, and everything, everything....
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