I therefore pretended to fall in with his views, and asked him what dates I should put on the letters.
He calculated a minute, and then said, "The first should be June 12, the second June 19, and the third June 29." I know now the span of my life.

God help me! 28 May .-- There is a chance of escape, or at any rate of being able to send word home.

A band of Szgany have come to the castle, and are encamped in the courtyard.

These are gipsies.

I have notes of them in my book.