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Arrival of a photograph, now pasted into TRG's diary; departure of most of the unhealthy offspring who had arrived for Easter and TRG's continuing health problems; reading books on Canada and possible relevance to DC's work ; the Earl of Athlone, his journey to Canada and dinner at St John's, more family news.

Matters of publication; on the escape of a nephew from Boulogne and the defection of the Belgian king; Dunkirk and published statistics; trust in the author and authoress; the proects of invasion and TRG's analysis of the chances; confounding a rumour that TRG had been arrested as a German agent; the nervousness of the British public; the parson as parachutist.

Virgil and the ides of October; a censored letter and observations thereon; bomb damage repair; alarm soundings; TRG's health and proof reading; TRG declines to write a book until an interesting subject is discovered; letters from Canada; do get to know G G Coulton.

Attached cartoon from an unknown newspaper; a note of letters received and an unwillingness to go over painful wartime memories; thoights about DC's book: whether to publish via C U P, proof reading, no shortage of paper; undesirability of publishing four lectures, journalists; the former king and Mrs Simpson; family news.

A 'furious summer'; food shortage but also a bomb shortage; whether to believe news from various sources; giving the lecture to the British Academy; family news; dipping into the History; considering the amount of work that must have gone into it; too much virtue for the independence of the students?; thoughts about students in general; publishing TRG's lecture.

Reminiscences on the 45th anniversary of TRG's first visit to Canada and journey on the steamer; quiet nights; a 'gas attack' exercise is planned; health matters; a quiet life in College only interrupted by a drill sergeant; Indian summer in Cambridge; conversationalising; thoughts on family; inferior writing paper; publishing matters; reading Tacitus and others with thoughts; a request for news of academics in Canada; more thoughts on HofQ (History of Queens).

On the receipt of tinned sausages; a lecture a day, "the religious brains trust" and transport arrangements are muddled; TRG begs for forgivemenss for a fountain pen that will not spell or write legibly; John Macnaughton's recovery; illnesses in the family and the death of old, frail or forgetful colleagues; TRG's health; Llewelyn Bowen's health is still good, his brother the doctor; wartime worries; flowers bloom and spring begins to make itself felt; the unconvincing assertion that a carrot is as good as an orange; Coulton on Toronto; Coulson the philosopher visits; Queens Quarterly and the Question of what is a Terrot?

A censor opens a letter but contents are apparently untouched; Thoughts about a proposed book on Garden Island: copyright and the reprinting of material from another book - the attutude of publishers and co-authors; a particular rejoicing on some sections, an appreciation of others and a suggestion; family news; regret that no further voyage to Canada will be possible and the posting of a book that would have been carried; a shortage of sherry.

Packages with food supplies arrive and the contents are distributed and enjoyed; a political speech is repeated: Canada is to be a democracy; a Trinity professor visits twice, his political views and meetings with mutual acquaintances; the Challenge of the Greek is reviewed postitively in the press but there is no word about sales; reprinting a previous book in paperback; Mary Trevelyan and the foreigners club; family news and of a pupil; TRG asks for news of family in Canada; John Macnaughton asserts that 'God hates a damn fool'; Alice is keeping hens and the housekeeper would like a goat; taking pleasure in food; TRG asserts that no goat will be obtained.

Oberlin College has accepted his lecture series plus news of friends.