18 November.

I have not seen her. I sit at her door almost bereft of my senses; but

I do not go in, because I am afraid that the sight of me will make her

worse and increase the fever. At times a horrible idea crosses my mind

that I am going mad and might kill Aniela in a fit of insanity. That

is the reason I force myself to write, for it seems to me that it is

the best way of keeping my senses under control.

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