Sept 23 Friday

Checked some cross-copying of Wives & found Beryl had made 33 mistakes in 24 pp [pages].
Dictionary.
Habits are now:– Morning bicycle to Montauban. Work. Lunch. Postman just after lunch. Darts with Alan [RG]. Work until 5. Saw & chop wood. Change. Work till [until] supper. Cambeluk1 after supper. Work. Bed about midnight.
Letter of apology from John Lucy: Mary has been ill. The psychologists say he isn't mad, but madly jealous – and the cure would be for her to sleep with him again!

Editorial Notes

1game eds.

Hands Referenced

    • Annotation: ink correction
    • Character: regular
    • Ink: black

Places Mentioned

  • Montauban

    Montauban-de-la-Bretagne, Brittany, France

People Mentioned

  • Beryl

    Pritchard, Beryl
    daughter of Harry and Amy Pritchard, R.G.'s second wife. Formerly married to Alan Hodge. Robert and Beryl had four children: William, Lucia, Juan and Tomas. eds

  • Alan

    Hodge, Alan
    Oxford history graduate. Became close friends with LR & RG. First husband of Beryl Graves. CP & WG

  • John Lucy

    Lucy, John
    Estranged husband of Mary Lucy; RG and LR are drawn into their marital problems. eds.

  • Mary Lucy

    Lucy, Mary
    Visited R.G. and L.R. at Ewhurst. An admirer of both Graves and Riding, but her marital problems brought tensions to their household. See diary entry January 2, 1938 (and K.G. note).

Bibliography

    • Title: Dictionary [projected project; unfinished]
    • Author: Riding, Laura
    • Date: 1935
    • Title: Lives of Wives [prose]
    • Author: Riding, Laura
    • PubPlace: London, Toronto, Melbourne & Sydney
    • Publisher: Cassell and Co. Ltd.
    • Idno: A39
    • Date: 1939