Aug 7 Sunday.

(The Montauban fète1 – not so big because the Mayor died. Bicycle & horse races. We did not go.) Day of rain & thunder-in-air.
The furniture came last night and this morning I waxed it and shortened 2 tables legs[RG] & took castors off the third. Laura working on Macedonian wives2.[RG]
I rewrote the introduction to my poems3 for the severalth time, on[RG] to Laura's amendments.
We divided household[RG] responsibilities: e.g. I do fuel supply, seeing kitchen is clean, lamps, bicycles, flowers; Alan does clocks, grounds, lavatory. Beryl groceries & stores; Laura meals & tidiness of rooms.
Laura thought of a book for Montague to write: about seasons.

Editorial Notes

1festival eds.