Dec 2, Thursday.

Belisarius 13 pp [pages] ch [chapter] XXII
Laura finished her address & read it to me.
Jenny came & told me her troubles: cruel practical jokes by Peggy H. Lunched with us.
Mary Lucy sewed on steel buttons on Laura's black velvet gown & I made another necklace of brown lustre (two strands) caught up with silver lustre, Chinese glass, black cut glass. My[RG] The[RG] other brown lustre[RG] necklace I gave Mary Lucy.
To bed at 12.45.

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).

  • Mary Lucy

    Lucy, Mary
    Visited R.G. and L.R. at Ewhurst. An admirer of both Graves and Riding, but her marital problems brought tensions to their household. See diary entry January 2, 1938 (and K.G. note).

  • Jenny

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

  • Peggy Hamilton

    Hamilton, Peggy
    Jenny Nicholson's flatmate? eds.

Bibliography

    • Title: Count Belisarius [1938]
    • Author: Graves, Robert
    • PubPlace: London
    • Publisher: Cassell
    • Idno: A47
    • Date: 1937-07-21