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acquired by the Libraries from Robert Graves in 1971 through the offices of Bertram Rota SC050GR01 Victoria, BC, Canada University of Victoria Libraries Special Collections OHC0005681 PR6013.R35

Graves' diary manuscript includes 1546 pages including 117 enclosures: letters, clippings, photographs post cards, notes, games, etc.

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FEBRUARY 1935

The journal opens on 22 February 1935, the day that Robert Graves and Laura Riding buy the Posada. On this day Graves also arranges to pay Nancy Nicholson a sum of money to make up for the past two years he has not paid child support. He also suggests that Jenny should contact him if she would like him to introduce her to Alexander Korda, the film director.

Graves continues his work on Antigua, Penny, Puce; he estimates he is about one-third of the way through. He confides in the diary that he is uncertain yet whether it is worthwhile finishing it. It was originally started during money shortage as a means of extracting higher royalties... Graves also drafts several poems: Remembering War, To Bring the Dead to Life and Advice to Storytellers (later The Devil's Advice to Storytellers). He and Riding correct the proofs of the current issue of Focus, and he and Karl go over the proofs of Riding's Second Leaf (Graves and Riding begin printing before the end of the month - the first time they have printed anything since 1933 - and Graves seems generally pleased with the results, offering in the diary detailed advice on the best method for folding pages). Riding herself is rewriting Len Lye's Movements as Language (or Film-Making, to be published in Epilogue I).

Graves spends the next several weeks in the garden with Sebastian, planting mimosa, oleander, tamarisk and other tropicals that he and Riding have purchased in Palma. He surveys the land with Gelat, planning to build new terraces for the almond trees, and deciding how to repair the road to the sea (washed out in a rainstorm in 1933). He decides to buy a bulldog (partly as a friend for the cats, partly to keep off orange and melon thieves, but clearly mostly for himself, as is evidenced by the comfortable friendship he develops with the canine Salamo - or Solomon - in the coming months). Visits with the McCormacks and with Schwarz and Strenge are also frequent and enjoyable.

The month ends with a concern: German royalties are significant, and Graves and Riding could use the money, but getting the money out of Germany may not be possible.