20th anniversary of Loos. Wednesday Sept 25.
To village at 7.30 to catch Gelat. Already gone to Palma. Went over checks in Photography with Laura & then she read me some Troy.
Hibiscus flowered. Sent blurb to Morley.
To hotel1: took Photography; brought back specimen photographs. One nice one of suburban snow. A dama de noche2 from hotel: planted it in 2 cuttings. Josefa very sad at leaving. To Puig to say goodby to Isabel. Josefa got gold & stone earrings, Isabel a coral necklace. Isabel very sad. Paco would sell his bed, but 75 p.
[pesetas] wasn't enough, he said: no bargaining. Paid rest of month & extra month for both
girls, also 30 p
[pesetas]. Then Paco & Mother3 hinted for more (Laura severe) Later we went to Cas Pintat to settle[RG] pay Mother's4 75 p.
[peseta] debt there.
At Posada went down well, which was[RG] is built of solid blocks of masonry, to see the cleaning out operations. They had
chipped away floor and joined in the blocks to recement. Ten culs-de-cantharas5 had been found in the well. Old man of café says that he was at the Posada 70 years ago when a cura had it as a boy's school.
Visit from Don Sebastian Junyer and Juanito6: talked about denuncias7 hinting at Doctor8, & fixed up for us to see their pictures on Friday. Then H's
[Hutchinsons], who were very nice, stopped till after lights out. Laura paid W.H.
[Ward Hutchinson] £5.5 for Photography & the snow picture: & they both appreciated the notes L had written.
A.F.T.
[Almost Forgotten Times]
Chapter XXXII, half of it.