Oct 25 Tuesday
Whole morning on housework – chiefly cleaning the salon ceiling.
Dorothy remodelled
Laura's broken amber-holder
1 – by hand for over an hour.
Evening[RG] Walk after supper in cold & mist with
Beryl to station hotel.
Hands Referenced
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- Annotation: ink correction
- Character: regular
- Ink: black
Places Mentioned
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Rennes
Rennes,
France
where Gelat's daughter, Anita, and son-in-law, Juan Vives live; visited by RG and
LR et al in 1938 eds.
People Mentioned
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Alan
Hodge, Alan
Oxford history graduate. Became close friends with LR & RG. First husband of Beryl
Graves. CP & WG
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Laura
Riding, Laura
(1901-91) American poet. Laura Riding (née Reichenthal; then Laura Gottschalk).
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David Reeves
Reeves, David
Brother of James Reeves [and Ethel Herdman] RPG 292.
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Dorothy
Simmons, Dorothy
Sculptor associated with the Graves-Riding inner circle (1938-39). Married to Montague
Simmons. eds
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Beryl
Pritchard, Beryl
daughter 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
Bibliography
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- Title: Dictionary [projected project; unfinished]
- Author: Riding, Laura
- Date: 1935
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- Title: Furniture: An Explanatory History
- Author: Reeves, David
- Editor: [Riding, Laura]
- PubPlace: London
- Publisher: Faber
- Date: 1947
