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were tapped before.

It is raining, [strikethrough] heavily [/strikethrough]. No noisy dust-beating today,
thank God. I am not sleepy, though I could
not sleep until 430 a.m.

I have mentioned you [strikethrough] already [/strikethrough] before the [strikethrough] next [/strikethrough] school
building. Between it and our house there was
a grassy [strikethrough] square [/strikethrough] lot, on which [today] I see today big quantities
of [strikethrough] timber [/strikethrough] lumber. It seems, German barracks will
be built in our neighbourhood. The same sort
of barracks were looked for by allied bombers
on the Gellért hill.

I am [strikethrough] terribly vexed [/strikethrough] irritated with the attitude here towards
[strikethrough] blitzed [/strikethrough] bombed quarters. The regent went to see them five
days after the [strikethrough] blitz [/strikethrough] bombing, Jaross, minister for the interior
after seven days. The Pope was [strikethrough] with [/strikethrough] in the [strikethrough] blitzed [/strikethrough] bombed
areas in two hours.

Popularity is [strikethrough] a bit fatiguing [/strikethrough] tiresome. Today Mrs. Hermans
was here twice, then Maria Pató, the janitor, Mrs
Láng (a [strikethrough] cobbler's [/strikethrough] shoemaker’s wife) and our Ida were all
calling for shorter or longer time. Sometimes
I feel [strikethrough] crazy [/strikethrough] furious when the doorbell [strikethrough] is ringing [/strikethrough] rings.

By last midnight Turkey has stopped all exports