Began chapter X, “The Unending Revolution,” which covers my years in Tientsin.
Cold, temperature down to 63°.
Talk with Reg. Hsiao 【蕭蘧] in hospital, about causes of demoralization in later years of the war. I attributed it mainly to inflation, with mistakes in policy as a secondary factor.
Went with Hilda 【沈恩欽] to see Leave Her to Heaven. Most people would say that the heroine was abnormal, but she had a legitimate grievance against Richard for (1) finding her company insufficient during the honeymoon, so that he had to invite brother and mother-in-law, and (2) preferring Ruth’s company to hers. Her resentment and hatred showed that she really loved him.