Monday 18 August 1975
On a British
Rail (cross Channel) ferry. All UEA is going over on at least one day a week. I
see neither Colin nor Howard though. I think I travel twice. I point out to Maggie: Mr Arden and his four children. One very ugly. I see Gus carrying a huge plate
of food. [Teachers from school.] I fear he’ll puke it up. With David at a table
drinking coffee. Two people are playing cards to our left. Suddenly a girl’s
head pops in between David and me. Then she sits. David disappears. She is an
unhappy German student, who can’t speak good English. I fancy. Then an old
woman comes and sits beside her. ‘Can you show me where the Guard’s Room is?’ I
know she’ll not understand, so I shout ‘Oye!’ and point to a door. She goes BUT
so does the German girl. David returns. ‘She’s gone,’ I say sadly.
