Sunday, 8 January

Twenty-sixth day of the eleventh lunar month, Yiwei year

Dull, cold

Today Kitty still insisted that someone had knocked at my door. I really could not do anything. I am afraid I must separate from her.

The Sunday Observer said that within the Conservative Party, people are starting to feel discontent about Anthony Eden, and they criticize him. On the surface, those against him use the surge in inflation (as a pretext), but as a matter of fact, Macmillan wants to take Eden’s place. Among the political parties of France, they struggled for power with each other. This, in turn, had weakened the neutral elements, so the leftists have risen. The party politics of Britain is long renowned for its steadiness. But now the Conservative Party is also like this. I wonder if it really is the case that the minds of the Gods have become so chaotic that wise men had become foolish.