Ap 4 Saturday.

Felt better.
Windy day: sun.
Went over Stealing once more. Epilogue will be ready by tomorrow.
8 pp [pages] of Epilogue. Ch [chapter] 16 1.
Elections are postponed because of Soc [Socialist] Republican disagreements with Communists. But there with[RG]ll be an Ayuntamento Gestora2 of G's party anyhow.
Medico, frightened, eats dirt before Ques & Castaner. Retires from politics, tries to arrange that G shall not be alcalde3, "for the family's sake."
Alice4 had mixed kittens in the press-room basket. Ali[RG] Laura left her a black one.
Another tailor 5.

Editorial Notes

1 Antigua eds.
2Townhall Administration K.G.
3mayor K.G.
4cat eds.
5refers to card game "66" eds.

Hands Referenced

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

People Mentioned

  • Laura

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

  • 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.)

  • Médico

    Vives, Antonio Dr.
    The village doctor (Deyá). At odds with Gelat (water rights controversy). His brother, Juan Vives, was Gelat's son-in-law. WG

  • Ques.

    Castro y Quesada, Américo
    (1885-1972); Spanish philologist and cultural historian; Spanish ambassador to Berlin 1931-36 eds.

  • Castañer

    Castañer
    ? Owner of a large house in the Clot. Worked in Palma? WG

Bibliography

    • Title: Antigua Penny Puce
    • Author: Graves, Robert
    • PubPlace: Deyá & London
    • Publisher: Seizin & Constable
    • Idno: A46
    • Date: 1936
    • Title: Epilogue II
    • Editor: Riding, Laura & Graves, Robert
    • PubPlace: Deyá & London
    • Publisher: Seizin & Constable
    • Idno: B24
    • Date: 1936
    • Title: Stealing [a homiletic study: later titled Theft]
    • Title: Epilogue II, 1936
    • Author: Graves, Robert
    • Editor: Riding, Laura
    • PubPlace: Deyá and London
    • Publisher: Seizin and Constable
    • Idno: B24
    • Date: 1936