COUNTESS OF RANFURLY

I also had a letter from Whitaker [her husband’s valet]. It was completely blacked out by a censor except for “My Lady” at the top. I wonder what he wrote.

Jimmy Gault, now English aide to General Eisenhower, invited me to dine last night at the Muhammad Ali Club to meet the General and his staff. Being the only outside guest I was placed at dinner next to the General. There were about sixteen people there – all Americans except for Jimmy, Kay Somersby, the General’s very nice English secretary [and mistress] who sat on his right, and myself.

It seems to be sometimes that there is a curse on Jerusalem – I so seldom meet anyone who is happy here. There is a tense atmosphere, not only over religions but as if the turmoils of centuries are still alive. Perhaps these thoughts stem from my own sadness yet I suspect Jerusalem must remain, for ever, a place of conflict.

I also had a letter from Whitaker [her husband’s valet]. It was completely blacked out by a censor except for “My Lady” at the top. I wonder what he wrote.

It seems to be sometimes that there is a curse on Jerusalem – I so seldom meet anyone who is happy here. There is a tense atmosphere, not only over religions but as if the turmoils of centuries are still alive. Perhaps these thoughts stem from my own sadness yet I suspect Jerusalem must remain, for ever, a place of conflict.

Jimmy Gault, now English aide to General Eisenhower, invited me to dine last night at the Muhammad Ali Club to meet the General and his staff. Being the only outside guest I was placed at dinner next to the General. There were about sixteen people there – all Americans except for Jimmy, Kay Somersby, the General’s very nice English secretary [and mistress] who sat on his right, and myself.