Entry 27 · Book chapter 28
November 1 1943
Lewis is indignant at the drastic cut to informant funds, arguing money isn't really what motivates their most dedicated Italian contacts.
Reflections
Conversion to pessimism — the blind orphan girls
Watching a group of weeping blind orphan girls ignored by indifferent diners in a restaurant, Lewis says the experience changed his outlook permanently: he had believed people eventually come to terms with pain, and now understands he was wrong.
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