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Graves' diary manuscript includes 1546 pages including 117 enclosures: letters, clippings, photographs post cards, notes, games, etc.
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September at the castle: Autumn beginning: apples dominate landscape.
The well is beginning to run dry with end-of-summer heat. When not working,
the friends spend their days picking mushrooms and horse chestnuts. Walnuts
are beginning to ripen on the tree outside the kitchen. nearly
).
But the last warmth of summer and the bounty of an autumn harvest are
overshadowed by a growing international unrest. The The news of the Anglo-French surrender becomes more
& more depressing and shameful. For the last week all the
letters have been about fear of war. We are glad to be away from
London.
Another entry states, There is panic in England: even
But though they are dismayed by
the growing tension,
News from friends is also disconcerting. God help him!
The psychologists say he isn't
mad, but madly jealous - and the cure would be for
In work, Graves finishes going over the proofs of his Collected Poems
drafted the previous month. He also continues on the DictionaryGreeks and Trojans
Riding's Collected PoemsThe World and OurselvesAristotle
for Lives of WivesThe Swiss GhostTo the Casuists of
Fame.
She finishes a section of Furniture
There are four enclosures this month:
Rules forhandwritten bythe game Cambelpuk,
: French call-up announcementRappel Immediat