there again. I wish I could destroy that doll she gave me for Di. But it would break the child's heart.
Nov. 20. Still no desire to see her. I find I'm forgetting all about her. The only time I think of her is when I
see Di's doll. I'm glad! So glad I want to dance and sing. I'll never see her again.
But dear God how I wish I never had seen her! And still I don't know why.
This was the last reference to Madame Mandilip in Nurse Walters' diary. She died on the morning of
November 25.
CHAPTER IX: END OF THE PETERS DOLL
Braile had been watching me closely. I met his questioning gaze, and tried to conceal the perturbation
which the diary had aroused. I said:
"I never knew Walters had so imaginative a mind."