March 30 Saturday

Made out money-prospects.
Rosa's daughter came (Rosa resfriada) 1 said that Isabel could rent Rosa's cottage.
Mended fan and bowl of Miguel's. Went to village to get Miguel to mend the cellar-door and his wife gave us still another bowl: a hawk pattern. Wired it and hung it up in the guest-room.
The mason came & finished the porch[RG] arbour supports. To Lluchalcari with S [Salamo]2; saw Karl's sa vende3 on ×××× [indecipherable] box.
Letter from Malcolm4; exculpating himself of the Belfrage thing.
Sent him a Focus and 7 Leaves to Harold5.
To Margarita with Laura's silk dress to be made.
Gelat got 500 pesetas for us (Short6 cheque).
Copy of No Decency Left to Korda
Freezias finished.
Loquats turning yellow.

Editorial Notes

1had a cold KG
2RG's dog. eds
3"for sale" KG
4Thompson? KG
5Edwards, antiquarian bookseller KG
6[agency] K.G.

Hands Referenced

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

Places Mentioned

  • Llucalcari

    Llucalcari, Majorca, Sp
    Hamlet with hotel some three kilometres from Deyá on the way to Soller. WG. RG spells it "Lluchalcari" in the Diary.

People Mentioned

  • Laura

    Riding, Laura
    (1901-91) American poet. Laura Riding (née Reichenthal; then Laura Gottschalk).

  • Karl/Carl

    Goldschmidt, Karl
    Karl Goldschmidt, later Kenneth Gay: Graphic artist, friend and secretary of Robert Graves and Laura Riding since 1934. R. G. spells both as Carl and Karl.

  • Miguel

    Miguel
    One of four village carpenters. Others were Miguel Junior, Francisco and Antonio de Ca's Pintat. WG

  • Gelat

    Más, Juan Marroig
    Juan Marroig Mas, called Gelat: Landowner on Deyá and friend of Robert Graves and Laura Riding (L.R. & R.G.'s factotum. W.G.)

  • Harold Edwards

    Edwards, Harold
    Antiquarian bookseller & British Buddhist; bookshop at 4, Cecil Court off Charing X Rd. K.G.; wife Olive née Wallis and baby girl Sally. Karl Goldschmidt's employer in 1938. eds.

  • Malcolm

    Thomson, Malcolm
    On Focus, Second Leaf mailing list. W.G. Journalist. eds.

  • Short

    Short
    Shipping agent and operator of a lending library in Palma. K.G.

  • Isabella

    Isabel
    Live-in maid from Murcia. Her mother (Carmen) then came over with Josefa who also came to work later. WG

  • Rosa

    Rosa
    Dress maker. Also made cushions, seat covers, etc. WG

  • Korda

    Korda, Alexander
    Director of the film version of I Claudius.

  • Margarita Modista

    Margarita Modista
    Modista: Dress maker (in Deyá). W.G., eds.

  • Belfrage

    Belfrage, Cedric
    Cedric Belfrage, who began his career as a U.S.-based film critic reporting for the British Press on Hollywood in the 1920's. Described as a radical author and socialist journalist. C.P.

Bibliography

    • Title: Focus I, II, III, IV [newsletter]
    • Editor: Riding, Laura
    • PubPlace: Deyá
    • Publisher: Seizin
    • Date: 1935
    • Title: Second Leaf [poem]
    • Author: Riding, Laura
    • PubPlace: Deyá
    • Publisher: Seizin
    • Date: 1935
    • Title: No Decency Left
    • Author: Rich, Barbara [Graves, Robert/ Riding, Laura]
    • PubPlace: London
    • Publisher: Jonathon Cape
    • Idno: A38
    • Date: 1932