from A Chill in the Air: An Italian War Diary, 1939-1940 (New York Review Books Classic by Iris Origo:
JUNE 3RD
Today the papers are curiously colourless; obviously no further indication is to be given until Mussolini himself announces his intentions. But loudspeakers are being installed in the squares of every town and village.
I spend the day on the telephone, trying to obtain exit visas for my mother and my stepfather Percy, and writing last letters to England.
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