July 29 Thursday

Alix & Harry away.
In the morning did 8 pp [pages] of Belisarius, Chapter 2.
Accuracy with bow increasing.
Alan sent Vegetius1 précis.
At night finished draft of ch [chapter] 2.
Wrote to Watt approving Cassell contract.
Walk with Laura in wood, away from Ewhurst. Fields given over to rabbits & thistles.
Found a surprising accuracy with bow & arrow.
Karl with a cataclysmic cold.
Reading Procopius2.
Franco offensive at Brunete broken: the losses greater on his side, perhaps.

Editorial Notes

1i.e.Vegetius De re Militari Flavius Vegetius Renatus et al. Rome: E. Silber, 1494. eds.
2i.e.The Secret History of Procopius by Procopius, of Caesarea. New York: Covici Fiede, 1934. eds.