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The illness and recovery of DC's mother and her regaining of speech; resumption of preaching; the Calvins should count their blessings; the offensiveness of CC Morrison; a united Germany?; transfer of nationalities; another letter from Canada; the family enlisted.

TRG in Bristol, Bessie ill again but Dorothy is well; enjoyment of Eleanor's letter, on being St Sebastian - preaching to the boys at Clifton College and lecturing to the sixth form; commentary on contemporary Canadian politics and the personalities involved; the attitude of 'young Canada' is encouraging; a desire to read of the sinking of U boats and the end of Hitler's regime; Richard's sister is not keen on his going to France.

Splitting the honorarium from an article with Carlile; thoughts about personalities depicted on stamps; the family is coping with the continued illness of Bessie; winter is cold; the non appearance of off-prints; notes on Richard and unpatriotic German measles; reading of classical works.

A German bomber over Cambridge and the fate of "a poor jerry built terrace"; sheltering in a fortified cellar; a possible end to the author; private preaching; "jitters" and the impossibility of evacuating the BEF from Flanders; would TRG prefer to have been on the German side?; family news.

More German bombers; no unnecessary loss of sleep; the possibility of invasion and considerations of possible huge German casualties; return of a manuscript with few corrections; vanity?; family news.

An improvement in TRG's health; the first female major in the RAMC; death of TRG's sister a welcome relief; thoughts about the cessation of a Newfoundland naval base.

Letters not received; non availability of news in the UK; Glover's home city [Bristol] bombed, churches hit and saved; the joy of a lemon; reading St Augustine and Charles Lamb in College; difficulty in walking; Robert's fiancee and her anticedents; enquiries about DC's family.

Letters received; comparing snowfall; bomb damage; a scattering of family; old age and writing to Mrs Dychman; 'reading the classics isn't work' and keeping the brain intact; water drips; organising children in Perthshire.

Enclosing (or hoping to) a mass of material from the Daily Telegraph on Vincent Massey (not present); on being 71 1/2 years old; still reading the classics; the family; reduced diet; thoughts on 'the modern woman'; more family notes; students depart.

A letter opened by the censor but the tea is received; writing essays and publishing them; a visit from a former pupil; [the British] "summer is setting in with its usual severity"; Richard to represent TRG at the Queens University centenary?; DC giving up his downtown office and the possibility of rebuilding Tyndale; the end of a fortnight of quiet nights; the need for moral uplift in old age.