I know all too well that she doesn't think as badly of me as she did in the beginning.
And that's simply because I'm honest and tell people right to their faces what I think, even when it's not very flattering.
I want to be honest; I think it gets you further and also makes you feel better about yourself.
Yesterday Mrs. van D. was talking about the rice we gave Mr. Kleiman. “All we do is give, give, give.”
“But at a certain point I think that enough is enough. If he'd only take the trouble, Mr. Kleiman could scrounge up his own rice.”
“Why should we give away all our supplies? We need them just as badly.”
“No, Mrs. van Daan,” I replied. “I don't agree with you.”
“Mr. Kleiman may very well be able to get hold of a little rice, but he doesn't like having to worry about it.”
“It's not our place to criticize the people who are helping us. We should give them whatever they need if we can possibly spare it.”
“One less plate of rice a week won't make that much difference; we can always eat beans.”
Mrs. van D. didn't see it my way, but she added that, even though she disagreed,
she was willing to back down, and that was an entirely different matter.
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