"Shave and shower with no more difficulty than usual. No warm water, of course. Only get that two days a week, and not much then. Not so bad now, but in cold weather distinctly lo.
Supply of soap I brought back from America still holding out pretty well, praise be. German war soap is hardly good enough to be popular in Hollypocrau d there's not much of it, either, Maid says unless more butter and eggs come through from Denmark we will have to go on real war foot-piece of rubber tubing he bought a year ago and had forgotten all about. Can't get that sort of thing now, of course. He's trying to make rubber caps for cleaning instruments from tubing. Notice that the big cotton wads have paper centres.
Back to the office by sub-way. No taxis on the streets, of course, and not much traffic of any kind. Pass a fruit-stand with none too handsome peaches for sale. Stand in line and buy three to eat with my sandwich lunch.
Supper at home, alone, Maid has evening off, and has gone to the barracks. It's to see her fiance, who has been called up. She left a salad in the ice-box for my supper. Have run out of meat cards.
Its getting dark earlier and earlier now. A nuisance to have to shut the windows and blackout the flat at 8.80.
Don't get enough fresh air.
And so to bed.
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