July 19th Sunday.

Painted part of the balustrade with red lead (taking on from Karl's lead1).
Francisquita and her mother came: F brought some pillow-lace she had made by hand. Laura for 2 days busy on A's Courage homily: ×××× [indecipherable] anxious[RG] for Troy.
Bathed from fishermen's huts, the foreshore being sea-weedy.
Could not bring myself to work on schools – revulsion against education.
Wrote to Julie.
No letters because of trouble in Palma
Rumours over the radio of fighting in Barcelona & air-bombing in Valencia, of death'[RG]s in Palma from Fascists armed by the Captain-General who went over last night ×××× [indecipherable] to Barcelona to lead a revolt, & has now surrendered.
Laura & I to Fabrica where stories of the two F's 2 doings came out.

Editorial Notes

1R.G. has marked the "e" in former "lead" "short" and in the latter "long." eds
2Fascists? KG