April 29, Newburgh. Rain. Slept many hours, at night, during the day. In the diner, where the line of waiting people extends into the second vestibule – which is actually not a problem, because new seats become available almost every minute – a couple gets in the line ahead of us. I say: excuse me, the end of the line is here, whereupon the man takes an irritated, almost threatening look at me and says okay, relax, before he and his wife get in line behind us. J says that I sounded extremely German, that is, harsh and aggressive, which in turn made the man aggressive. However, she says that he did come into the room with an unmistakable alpha gesture.