Blaess mentions the war: she tells her parents she won't be able to find La Belle Jardinière (a brochure/ magazine), because of the war. She thanks her parents for the parcel with dresses and shirts. She is making plan to return to England, talking about tickets to Calais and Boulogne. She hopes to be done with lessons by the end of May so she can go back to England then. She takes care of her white and purple umbrella and says everybody likes it. Madeleine talks about Pataud (meaning clumsy, awkward), her godfather's dog, about his breed and meals. She then tells her parents more about the feud that has to do with Mémé and her godfather: in the last letter she says she can't tell much because it's too long, and now she reiterates, but adds that Rose and Riri are always drunk, and that it is not going to end well. She hopes her grandma dies before things escalate otherwise it is going to kill her. Afterwards, she mentions Ruth Startford (Norah's sister). She says Norah is more happy with her holidays than with her sister's arrival. Norah thinks her sister is a slow walker and is easily offended. Norah has a lot of things planned but it doesn't always go to plan. Norah spent her holidays in Normandy, going on walks, bathing (Madeleine criticises her for that because of the temperature). Blaess congratulates her dad for his new medal. She went to the Franco-British council and says it was empty, like a cemetery, because of the war. Everything is empty, it's very sad. She saw Desclos, they are good friends now and she can always come back whenever she wants. He told her that a 1 hour lesson is going to be given to French kids about England and vice versa, in schools. Madeleine finds this stupid and says it's full of clichés, she can remember them from school. She says it is more efficient to visit the country directly. The council is going to be commandeered for the war. She is scared of open-trenches and says it's not really efficient to shelter. She also mentions an air-raid. Dilys doesn't go to the Gaelic/Celtic lessons anymore (she needs to do the housework because the caretakers won't stay too long, with her mother being very sick). She takes other lessons in Sèvres. Madeleine says she is now the star of the course. She and Dilys have rewritten Margaret's introduction and conclusion on her thesis because it is awful, the language is bad, the French is terrible, it doesn't make sense, and she is going to fail. Madeleine says Dilys is being even more severe than her regarding Margaret's thesis, and almost had a stroke. According to Madeleine, the outline and dissertation would be acceptable in Year 6 in Secondary school. She even says is she were her thesis advisor she wouldn't even accept it. Blaess says they need to say 'de profundis' for Margaret's diploma because she is never going to pass. Blaess is conflicted because she doesn't know how or if she should help her. Madeleine has been very homesick for the past three weeks, she needs 9 hours of sleep and eats twice as much now. She needs to work faster because she can't work as much now. She is positive she will come home soon but had a panic attack at the thought of not having finished her thesis in time.