Arlis

[At last this log is written in again, in that firm, upright, and elegant hand.]

Entry the eighth.

[What remains of this sheet of parchment is a disaster of ink, large segments written and then entirely crossed out, five or six aborted attempts. At one point the writer even began to write in another language before blotting that completely out; in other places the handwriting, usually so neat and upright, becomes disjointed and chaotic before smoothing back out into tiny letters, very, very small.]

Dad Father 'Uddel To the most worthy of honor and love of all fathers, greeting.