ng us awake. .
Yours, Anne
thURSDAY, JULY 29, 1943
Dearest Kitty,
Mrs. van Daan, Dussel and I remely quiet. to notice, so in order to avoid any questions, I quickly racked my brains for a neutral topic. I t treet mig t I couldnt have been more wrong; if Mrs.
van Daan doesnt jump do, Mr. Dussel does. It all boiled doo this:
Mr. Dussel o Margot and me as an example of excellent ing. e t it t. ttle boy rayed as for t. . . tter. I mentioned someto t effect able tirade.
quot;and t of a c so difficult [!]. But youre far too young to read a book like t. Even a ty-year-old man o compre.quot; (So to Margot and me?)
Mrs. van D. and Dussel continued t;You knooo muc t supposed to. Youve been brouger on, o enjoy anyt ty years ago in some book. Youd better to catco be a disappointment to you. You already knoo kno in practice? ts anotory!”
Can you imagine ? I astonis;You may t been raised properly, but many people would disagree!”
tly believe t good crying to pit me against my parents, since ts all t telling a girl my age about gros is fine. e can all see w way.
At t moment I could me. I o put up art counting the days.
Mrs. van Daans a fine one to talk! Ss an example all right -- a bad one!
So be exceedingly pusistical, cunning, calculating and perpetually dissatisfied. Add to t, vanity and coquettision about it:
se an entire book about Madame van Daan, and o. Mrs. van D. is friendly to strangers, especially men, so its easy to make a mistake to know her.
Mot Mrs. van D. is too stupid for t soo unimportant, Pim t soo ugly (literally and figuratively!), and after long observation (Im never prejudiced at to t ss more besides. Sraits, one of them?
Yours, Anne
P.S. ill take into consideration t tory ten before ters fury had cooled?