Sept 5 Saturday

Troy a little. Decided to distemper flat, & go away during the process.
Shopping – 2 Dunn hats 15/- – and visit to Buddy Bradley's Dance Hall, where picked up Jenny for lunch at Cervantes Spanish Rest [Restaurant]. Thun[RG] Thunderstorm (couple killed in Hyde Park) and headache. Jenny distressed by bad photograph.[RG]
Revised contract of Antigua made out in Seizin Press name.
Saw Kitty West.
McCormacks came & took us down in their car to Old Bursledon, having coffee on the way at Camberley.

Hands Referenced

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

Places Mentioned

  • Cervantes Restaurant

    London, England
    Spanish restaurant on Old Compton St. eds.

  • Hyde Park

    London, England

  • Burlesdon

    England

  • Camberley

    England

People Mentioned

  • Jenny

    Nicholson, Jenny
    Jenny Nicholson: oldest daughter of Robert by Nancy Nicholson.

  • Buddy Bradley

    Bradley, Buddy
    Dancer whose school Janny Graves attended eds.

  • Kitty West

    West, Katherine
    wife of English journalist, [Douglas West eds.]; lived in Regent Park [at 32 York Terrace eds.] where RG and LR stayed on exile from Mallorca (1936) R.P.G.; dedicatee of LR's A Trojan Ending eds.

  • McCormacks

    McCormack, Walter & Violet
    Tenants of Ca'n Torrent. Had two daughters: Jennifer, a dancer, & Betty. Continued their friendship with Robert and Laura in England. eds.

Organizations Mentioned

  • Seizin Press

    Founded when Robert Graves and Laura Riding began their partnership in London. R.G. and L.R. continued to operate their own press in Deyá, but stopped printing in 1935. Seizin Press published a number of literary works in conjunction with Constable in London, including the Epilogue series, and other works by Laura Riding and their literary associates. eds

Bibliography

    • Title: Trojan Ending, A [novel]
    • Author: Riding, Laura
    • PubPlace: Deyá & London
    • Publisher: Seizin & Constable
    • Date: 1937
    • Title: Antigua Penny Puce
    • Author: Graves, Robert
    • PubPlace: Deyá & London
    • Publisher: Seizin & Constable
    • Idno: A46
    • Date: 1936