Diary Entry of November 1, 1876
All Saints’ Day was spoiled by miserable weather, which R. turned into a joke by calling it more fittingly All Fiends’ Day. In the evening Dr. Ree came to visit, but his cold, exact manner left them unmoved and unsympathetic. They even concluded, on second thought, that he was probably an Israelite.
Wednesday, November 1:
All Saints’ Day. Very bad weather, so that R. says he believes it is rather All Fiends’ Day which has been loosed upon us.
In the evening we are visited by Dr. Ree, whose cold and precise character does not appeal to us; on closer inspection we come to the conclusion that he must be an Israelite.