Tuesday 11th
News—Riots in India, 100 members of Congress arrested, crowds fired on. Chaos. I suppose that the govt. had no alternative when the mass civil disobedience campaign was started, except to quit India which is hardly practical. … zbe zpn
Tuesday 11th [sic—in parts similar to above, with variations]
Shocking up—with one Hugh Davis as company—he is a boy staying at Coldharbour, just taken school cert., 14½, doing medicine, and seemed quite nice. We discussed respective schools … and I comparatively convinced him on socialism. zhk zmw zca zpn
More in the afternoon, but I stopped at 3 o’clock due to rain. The job gets boring. zhk zwr zem
News as depressing as ever, India is quietening down but for ‘hooliganism by irresponsible students’. zbe
Friday 14th
… Last night we stayed up arguing until midnight. … Mommy and Tom got furious with one another so Tom left. We were all arguing in various shades against Mommy, the point being that Mommy thinks that the Revolution should be moderate, and bloodless at any cost. We think it is urgent, and that it must be successful at any cost. Mommy very depressed and very depressing; I think the idea of John, who is almost reactionary, probably makes her fear intra family strife. It’s a pity that we have to disagree. Anyhow, there is a good chance of the Revolution being both quick and bloodless—but we must be prepared to suppress the reaction. Miserable having to disagree with Mommy. zfl zag zpn zem
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