Of course she was a widow, of course she had lost half-a-dozen sons, of course she kept lodgings, and of course she wanted her "hambassader" generally to take her under his wing.

I left Wodehouse explaining to her that if she went out of Paris even with a pass, she might or might not be shot according to circumstances.

I will say for him that I should not be as patient as he is, were I worried and badgered by the hour by a crowd of shrieking women and silly men.
4 P.M.
Fighting is going on all round Paris.

There are crowds on the Boulevard; every one is asking his neighbour for news.

I went to one of the Mairies to hear the bulletins read.