Visitor

My second cousin Lizaveta Nikolaevna stayed with me for two weeks last month. I couldn't refuse to receive her because her mother was very good to me when I was small but I was quite glad when she left. She speaks Russian all the time although her French is quite good and her German is better than mine. This is a strain for me, and also I had to move out of my little bedroom and sleep on the settee. Besides, she has the sniffles and eats like a horse. I found I had this dreadful old picture of her in my album, I think it was taken in 1981 when we were in London with Mish-Mish.

Still, it was nice to talk over the old days and she brought me a lovely little picture of Great-Aunt Alexandra.