5 Bertini Strasse Wednesday. Dearest Mother. I am going to stay here until Monday after all - it was impossible to go on refusing any more as Aunt Mary particularly wanted to have one more Sunday all together here. It will be rather merry; Gerald returns on Saturday and Colonel Grierson, who is going back to Berlin tomorrow with the others, is coming back too over Sunday. I have written to Flora telling her that I shall not be able to go to the Ridgeway and I shall write to Grandmamma asking her if she will have me for a few hours on Tuesday for I propose (Inshallah!) to come straight home on Tuesday afternoon. I must say I begin to pine for my poky little home!
Everything is prospering here. We made a very successful expedition yesterday afternoon - 6 of us in the four while Aunt Mary and Lady E. drove. We went to a lake rather far away called the Wann See where we all had tea out of doors in delicious sunshine, after which we rowed and drove home. The day before a dreadful incident occured - I was steering the four into the landing place - much too fast! - the sun was in my eyes and I couldn't see which side of the post the other boat was and the end was that I ran straight into the landing stage and before I knew where I was Uncle Frank, Colonel Grierson and John Cavendish were all on their backs in the bottom of the boat and when they got up, underneath the place where Colonel Grierson's head had been, there was a leak! In the afternoon we towed the poor four round to the Kaiser's boat house and there it was mended for us, with surprising celerity. So all ended well.

We have played Poker these last two evenings - a very gambling game, I think, but since I play with Uncle Frank it doesn't matter much.

We rowed to Nedlitz this morning and played skegel. It poured as we came back and is now raining in a very determined way.

Please thank Elsa and Papa for their letters. I am so glad we know the Signora's address. Ever your affectionate daughter Gertrude