Friday, January 12:
R.'s spasms start today first thing in the morning and last for more than two hours! He does not eat with us — in fact not at all. Dr. Keppler comes at last at 5 o'clock and proposes massage, which he begins at once, promising R. alleviation within a month! R. is greatly encouraged by this, whereas I, alas! He tells me that when I go to see him he has to ask me to leave, yet when I am gone he is sorry that I am not there!
In the evening whist is played, but there is also a discussion about our friend Jouk.'s impending departure to attend the centennial celebrations for his father. We persuade him — though sorrowfully — to undertake the journey.