In the morning Agniya and I drove to Lac de Lucerne and on the way back stopped in Lausanne. Lunched again at Hotel d’Angleterre. Then we had a good long stroll around town. I found the street and the house where I lived in the summer of 1908, right after my emigration from Tobolsk province. The house is 17, Avenue Eduard Dapples. Agniya photographed it. I stood opposite the familiar building and thousands of reminiscences crowded in my mind. How much water has flowed under the bridge since then! How the times have changed! How I, too, have changed! 1908 and 1938 – they are like two quite separate worlds, divided by centuries.

Chamberlain’s visit to Hitler is the focus of attention.

The first encounter between Chamberlain and Hitler took place in Berchtesgaden on 15 and 16 September.