Sunday Oct 4th

Managed to get up as usual and get breakfast (washing up in Mrs Reid's absence & do room) then no good for anything.
Read Trollope's Dr Wortle's School1.
Norman & Alan to lunch, they took L out for fresh air in the[RG] N's car, L went over Alan's poems (Norman's first) & to supper with Alan. I went to bed. Cough: boil most painful especially at coughs.

Editorial Notes

1 Dr. Wortle's School by Anthony Trollope. London: Oxford UP, 1928 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).
  • Mrs. Reid

    Reid, Mrs.
    housekeeper? eds.
  • Trollope, Anthony
    (1815-1882) English novelist.
  • Norman Cameron

    Cameron, Norman
    Poet. Built Can Torrent in 1932-1933. W.G.; m. to Elfriede, then to Catherine Vandervelde; friend and contributor to LR and RG's work eds.
  • Alan

    Hodge, Alan
    Oxford history graduate. Became close friends with LR & RG. First husband of Beryl Graves. CP & WG