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Enclosures for August 1938
Log Entries
Aug 2 Tuesday.
Went to Rennes with Laura. Taxi-man kept us waiting ¾ hour at Montfort which made us angry. Then furniture: 3 tables, 3 chairs for about 500 francs. The 5 tables, 3 chairs, 2 chest. of draws, 2 beds & mattress = about £14.
The priest with blue eyes whom both L & I noticed separately.
Iced coffee & bock1.
Slept in only a sheet.
No bats now.
Hands Referenced
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- Annotation: ink correction
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Places Mentioned
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Deyá
Deyá, Majorca, SpTown 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. -
Rennes
Rennes, Francewhere Gelat's daughter, Anita, and son-in-law, Juan Vives live; visited by RG and LR et al in 1938 eds. -
Montfort
Monfort, Brittany, France
People Mentioned
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Montague Simmonds
Simmons, Montaguepoet, and civil servant in the children's branch of the Home Office; m. to Dorothy Simmons, the sculptress RPG -
Alan
Hodge, AlanOxford history graduate. Became close friends with LR & RG. First husband of Beryl Graves. CP & WG -
Laura
Riding, Laura(1901-91) American poet. Laura Riding (née Reichenthal; then Laura Gottschalk). -
Anita
Ana, AnitaMarroig. Gelat's daughter, married to Juan Vives the Doctor's brother. Live in Rennes, France. WG -
Beryl
Pritchard, Beryldaughter 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