Conservatory at Gracey Mansion

[notes from about 13 Aug 1941?]   Everyone is out of sorts since Madame's return. Madame and Cook had an enormous fight. George ordered Madame to stay out of the kitchen. Madame stormed off, shrieking that Cook would pay dearly.  Cook replied that Madame would no longer have an opportunity to poison us. Cook is being melodramatic, of course.   Madame's efforts in the kitchen may have been misguided, but the thought of poison is preposterous... isn't it? George has been short-tempered with me since Madame's return.  I feel as if I am a disappointment to him, and I do not know what to do.