![]() Plus, he was scared off when he heard Mr. The intruder had a skeleton key or a duplicate and did not have to force his way inside. There is another burglary, with complications this time. For her, Peter Van Daan and Peter Wessel "have grown into one Peter, who is beloved and good." She admits that "I really do hardly anything else but think of Peter," and makes lists of the things they have in common. Still, she goes to the attic where he works nearly every morning. She insists that she is not in love, but her mother has been looking at her "queerly" and warns that she must not bother Peter. Soon Anne is Anne finding excuses to go upstairs where the Van Daans stay, and crying when she does not get the opportunity to speak to him. She feels that he is insecure and needs affection. Peter tells her that he will hide his Jewish ancestry when the war is over his "tinge of honesty" disappoints Anne. ![]() Peter tells her how he has difficulty expressing himself verbally and used to beat people up when he was angry, rather than arguing. ![]() They begin to seek each other out and confide in each other. He is looking at her in a new way, "to my great joy." This is a pleasant surprise as she had once believed Peter was in love with Margot. "Since Saturday a lot has changed for me," writes Anne, and what has changed, she notes, is Peter. Section Seven: Februthrough March 19, 1944
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