Monday Dec 14

Met Nancy & Jenny at Paddington1.
Straight to see Mac Ellicott. Was out. Lunch at Canuto's. Back. Settled Jenny in.
Laura had tooth stopped: by gas. Told anaesthetician as she came to [sic: too] how grateful for first real rest for weeks.
Honor & Nancy met and Allan [RG] Alan. Nancy & Alan to supper.
Went with Nancy to Betty Colquhoun's flat: there met Margaret Frazer.
Wrote to Jenny, late.

Editorial Notes

1Station eds

Hands Referenced

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

Places Mentioned

  • Canuto's

    Baker Street, London, England
    a restaurant eds.

People Mentioned

  • Jenny

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

  • Laura

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

  • Nancy

    Nicholson, Nancy
    (1899-1977) First wife of Robert Graves; married 1918, separated 1927, divorced 1949. eds.

  • Betty Culquohon

    Culquohon
    identity uncertain: also misspelled by RG as "Culquhoun," "Culquohon," or "Culquorhour" eds.

  • Alan

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

  • Honor

    Wyatt, Honor
    Journalist. Arrived in Deyá fortuitously. Married to Gordon Glover...Son Julian. W.G. First acquainted with R.G. and L.R. early in 1934; returned to visit in 1935; continued friendship in England. eds (RPG 211).

  • Margaret Frazer

    Frazer, Margaret