Molony, William O'Sullivan, Diary, 8 August 1914

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Description: 
W.O. Molony diary, [page 99]
Case Study: 
A British Teenager Caught Up in the First World War: William O’Sullivan Molony
Creator: 
Molony, William O'Sullivan
Source: 
diary
Date: 
8 August 1914
Place: Berlin
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Contributer: 
McMaster University Libraries
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Copyright, public domain: McMaster University owns the rights to the archival copy of the digital image in TIFF format.

Identifier: 
00000563
Language: 
eng
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image
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jpg
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[page 99]
I am very careful about going out, and stay indoors most of the day.
This evening I went out with C. and sat down in the square in front of the house. It is a pretty square, the “Bayerische Platz”—tall fir trees and a building slightly resembling an old Roman temple. Children play about in the sand most of the day.
C. and I had such a nice long talk—but I am sorry to say, I do nearly all the talking. I like to talk a great deal, but it is rather different when one is in love with a girl—one always likes the girl to talk a little, now and then. English and American girls are very different—but there is something very charming about an American girl’s character and which the English girl lacks—and that is self-pride.
C. thinks I do not care for American people, but she is very mistaken. I don’t say I don’t tease her.