Sept 18 Sunday.

An English cake from Hotel Ouest and oysters from Anita.
Dictionary & a whole ¼ day visit from Anita, Francisca, Gabriel, Juanita. Juan was hunting at Montfort (season begins today) but ate with us at Hotel Ouest
Stories of Deyá : how J del Moli who had talked of whipping Castañer for his political views was in the same cell – & became great friends. Juan gave us a hare he had shot.

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.

  • Hotel Ouest

    Montauban, Brittany, France

  • Montfort

    Monfort, Brittany, France

People Mentioned

  • Juan

    Vives, Juan
    The Doctor's brother. Married to Gelat's daughter. Lived in Rennes, France. WG

  • Anita

    Ana, Anita
    Marroig. Gelat's daughter, married to Juan Vives the Doctor's brother. Live in Rennes, France. WG

  • Francisca

    Francisca
    The "Francisca" of "Laura and Francisca." eds. A young resident of Deyá; her mother Francisca Messiana helped out at Canellun. W.G. Also called Francisquita (but so were other Franciscas in the village). Later m. to Miguel Ripoll (see Friedmann 179) eds.

  • Gabriel

    Vives, Gabriel
    son of the Médico, Dr. Antonio Vives. eds.

  • Juanita

    Vives, Juanita
    Juan and Anita Ana's daughter WG

  • Juan of Molí

    Mayol, Juan
    Owner of the Es Molí farmhouse. Involved in a local water rights controversy with the Señor of Sa Pedrissa, the Médico and others. R.G. records the on-going confict in his diary over a span of several months in 1935. KG & eds.

  • Castañer

    Castañer
    ? Owner of a large house in the Clot. Worked in Palma? WG

Bibliography

    • Title: Dictionary [projected project; unfinished]
    • Author: Riding, Laura
    • Date: 1935