Bright sunny day. Arrived in the country at 9:45. Sze Pao 【蔣居仁] was waiting; as soon as I stepped off the car, he complained about my lateness in return. Nyok-zoe 【唐玉瑞] told me that Mrs. Yuin had written to inform her that our boy, 16-year old, wished to join the army. I thought it was just like him. I then took Sze Pao to a nearby hill. He climbed up a tree and sat on a branch, while I told him episodes from Huckleberry Finn. He was greatly excited by the “king” pretending to be the English brother of Wilks. We returned to the cottage at 12:15, but San Pao 【蔣懷仁] had not returned. Finally, we had lunch at 1. Afterwards, we played 3-handed bridge. Mr. and Mrs. 尹 came, full of rumors of this and that man’s corruption. Then we talked about the boys in their school, who wish to join the army, all under age, being only junior high. At 5, I left for the city, Sze Pao crying. Dropped in to see H. C. Zen 【任鴻雋] to urge him to propose appropriation of $150,000,000 for all institutions of higher learning. He agreed. Having been thinking about the resurgent forth in liberalism in the U.S.A. and how to report it in the Chinese press.
Today, handed N. Z. 【唐玉瑞] my conditions for divorce.