The Kingdom of God Is within You is finished in April; banned by the censors, it circulates unofficially nonetheless.
2nd August. I have just learnt from Chertkov that most of Lev Nikolaevich’s manuscripts are either with him or in St Petersburg—with his friend Trepov of all people.* Our children must be told of this at once.
Chertkov subsequently removed all of Lev Nikolaevich’s manuscripts and took them with him to Christchurch in England. [This last paragraph was added later.]
5th November (Moscow). I believe in good and evil spirits. The man I love has been taken over by evil spirits, but he doesn’t know it. His influence is pernicious: his son is being destroyed, his daughters are being destroyed, and so is everyone he comes into contact with. I pray day and night for my children and it is a hard spiritual struggle, and I am thin and physically exhausted, but my spirit will be saved, because my communion with God can never be destroyed so long as I don’t fall under the evil influence of people who are blind and cold, too proud and presumptuous to acknowledge their God-given responsibilities.*