APRIL, 1944
Monday, to be closed, be able to move around until tuesday morning.
t, o sit in sucerror for a day and t simply sat tccime we ;Shh, shh.”
It en-ty, t a sound. Fatook turns coming upstairs to us. t eleven-fifteen, a noise belosteps in te office, tcaircase. All sounds of breatopped, eigs pounded. Foot- steps on tairs, ttling at t is indescribable.
quot;No; I said, and I een of us being dragged aapo t very night.
More rattling at tsteps receded. e of danger, so far! A s ts of teettering, no one said a ayed like til eleven-ty.
t a lig in front of t because t it looked so suspicious or because t? as anyone going to come back and turn it off? e found our tongues again.
t peranding guard outside. e tried to guess rembled to ts tic, all al epaper basket. Mr. van Daan first, t Motoo embarrassed. Fat te- basket to t room, efully made use of it. Mother finally gave in.
t demand for paper, and luckily I .
tebasket stank, everyt on in a .
quot;Lie doo sleep!quot; Margot and I lay doable legs. t quite so bad w Mrs.
van Daan quietly and got some poty as a furtion.
talk, inually going to try sleeping t! By ty, ired I dozed off and didnt il ty. I woke up w.
quot;For o put on!quot; I said. I ask er and a black skirt, ockings and tattered kneesocks.
Mrs. van D. sat back do. From ty on, and still s Mr. van Daan couldnt sleep. I urn of tell try to bribe them!
quot;e s; moaned Mrs. van D.