June 18 Friday.

Lunch with Philip, who did not discuss Kitty Palmer.
Alan & Beryl ×××× [indecipherable] & Joyce Reeves.
Dinner with Bill Pollock & Prue & young Horder and a girl called Jowitt.
Gramophone records & insincere conversation.
They still talk of going to Deyá.

Hands Referenced

Places Mentioned

  • Deyá

    Deyá, Majorca, Sp
    Town located on the northwest coast of Majorca, on the hillside between the Teix Mountains and the sea: this was RG's home with Laura Riding from 1929 to 1936. He returned there with his family after WW II. Eds.

People Mentioned

  • Alan

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

  • Philip

    Graves, Philip
    R.G.'s half brother. WG

  • Kitty Palmor Graves

    Palmor, Kitty
    Married to Philip Graves, R.G.'s half-brother. eds

  • Beryl

    Pritchard, Beryl
    daughter of Harry and Amy Pritchard, R.G.'s second wife. Formerly married to Alan Hodge. Robert and Beryl had four children: William, Lucia, Juan and Tomas. eds

  • Joyce Reeves

    Reeves, Joyce
    Sister of James Reeves. AMG 287.

  • Bill Pollock

    Pollock, Bill
    associated with the Foreign Office in London eds.