Katharina writes to Hans: I am only happy when we are together.

And that’s the truth.

She writes in her diary: Worked on the model set with Vadim.

And that also is the truth.

She does not write that in the morning, when she gets in, she always looks out for Vadim’s bicycle. Nor does she write that she spent two nights with Vadim in October, and one more in early November. She does not write that she likes his arms and wishes she could bite them (not that she ever does). When she stays over at Vadim’s she now lies in his bed, but she keeps her clothes on, and he is not allowed to undress her or kiss her.

All this she does not admit to Hans, but above all she will not admit it to herself.

What is not written down has not taken place.