Blaess is making plans to return to England, asking her parents which trunk to bring with her, what clothes etc. She bought her dad some more stamps. She complains about the post office being late. She went to Villeparisis on Sunday. The dog is insufferable because it keeps biting and only wants to be rocked and cradled. She brought a lilac bouquet but the smell was too strong and she hopes her parents will have lilac next year at home. She is very tired, she says her period comes every three weeks for three days. She worked a lot this week, the copied a text herself because she didn't want to buy the books, and it is exhausting. She also did sewing, laundry, washing etc. She went to see Cohen yesterday, he is very nice and helpful, lending her books, giving her advice etc, but she still finds him a bit annoying. She went to the cinema yesterday with Miss Brigham because the latter had free tickets. She mentions the war: there has been an attack that morning. The anti-aircraft defence fired some shots, and Blaess could here the planes going but couldn't see anything. She is almost positive there is going to be another alert this evening. She says the Germans are not intelligent enough to come when she's awake, they prefer to wait when everybody's asleep. The commander's son is leaving tomorrow because of the event. Blaess says he wasn't as shy as she thought, and they engaged in discussions. The commander looked struck dumb. She prefers to have a chat with him rather than his son. She is positive the latter won't be as intelligent as his dad. She picks up the letter the next day - Saturday morning. She is sad and concerned because the postman didn't delivered some letters. She is going to Villeparisis for the weekend. Now that she knows she will need three years to complete her thesis, she needs to slow down, but she can't seem to be able too. She likes working too much. That morning, at 6:15am, an alert that lasted 45 minutes rang. She stays in bed, unlike people at her lodgings who hid in the basement. She was shocked that the commander defended her: before, he was always hasting her to get ready and hide; now, he defends her in front of people and says she needs to rest and that she will let her know is anything happens. Blaess hates the old women at the boarding house; they keep gossiping about her and the commander's son. She narrates something that a few days ago, she told him a great deal about Celtic/Gaelic, and the next evening he gave a talk during dinner, telling everything she had told him. The girls told Blaess that the commander knew a lot about the subject and that she should ask him about that. She remained calm and polite and said that indeed, the commander had a great memory, instead of calling him out on his behaviour. The weather is nice. She will buy some gifts for everybody. She thinks her aunt is weird.