June 1 Saturday.
Letters to Jonathan
returning contract,
Arnie Lawrence offering help in
T.E.
T.E. Lawrence
memorial volume, Pinker telling him to pay AlbatrossGerman pocket-book editions – not for sale in Germany. KG money into my a/c, Sanders paying & asking him to send remaining books.
To village for sheep-head.for the dog, Salamo. K.G.
Everyone doing
Focusesi.e. their contributions for the next issue of Focus. eds.
Walk with Carl.
Laura not too well.
1 lb of strawberries.
Gelat in a murderous state about médico: seriously talked of killing him.
M.
Médico
has gone back on his promise about not interfering with the water.
Laura & I had to talk himGelat into a quiet state of mind – offering to do everything possible to help.
Broke a bit off tooth; must see dentist Thursday.
June 2 Sunday
C.F.V.
Claudius Film Version
all morning.
Afternoon: bullfight. Lalanda, Barrera, Ortega: all at their best. Each corto rabo y orejascut tail and ears. KG in at least one bull. Only mar: a puntilleroIn the bull-fight, finishes off a bull or horse with a dagger to its brain once it is on the ground. WG who couldn't finish off a horse trying several times & distracting attention. Ortega, whistled at for the dullness of his performance with the first bull , a difficult one, did some particular stunts in the second - turning the bull in a semicircle (kneeling) with a hand on its horns ending up with his back to the bull 2 yards away. Remarkable pic-ing by Ortega's picador.
Letter from an Express
London Daily Express[?] eds man, whom I put off, from John Graves, Ros,
A.G.
Amy Graves
and Eliot, saying he had forwarded my letter to Arnie L.
June 3 Monday
Baker baked brown bread for us.
C.F.V.
Claudius Film Version
Letters to John G.; Korda asking him for information.
To village with Salamo: work begun today on Posada roof. Gelat feeling happier after getting lawyers' advice all round.
To sea, bathed: Karl, Mary, Gordon (Honor had pains). Swam round to other bay. Collected stones: for the Posada this time (
Schw.
Schwarz
later). Then to Posada with Laura
Honor
Gordon
Mary
Karl - and Pepe to whom we gave orders for repairs and rebuilding.
Letter from
H.S.
Harrison Smith
saying that
C.F.V.
Claudius Film Version
advance has been sent, from Pinker with news of
A.W.L.
Arnie Lawrence
getting nasty about copyright infringement: but threat came through Field Roscoe, not Eliot. So wrote to Eliot explaining & asking him to act for me to restore dignity to situation. And to Pinker. And to solicitors of Evening Standardwho published the T.E. Lawrence obituary. eds.. Went through
L
Laura
's Focus & mine to make them tally. Bed at 2.30.
June 4 Tuesday.
Cabled to Eliot, Pinker; Korda who last night cabled suggesting sending his brother here for a fortnight to work on Lawrence film-script. I said 'all right'. Wrote a long letter explaining the Arnie trouble, explaining copyright position with Eliot, suggesting Soller as a spot for the brother, mentioning Mary P. as typist etc, agreed to any reasonable terms, asking about Claudius
Claudius the proposed film? eds. schedule, mentioning Laura's impatience for an answer.
To sea: stones. To village: Laura's Julie dress at Margarita. Letter from
H.S.
Harrison Smith
about serialization.
Oleander blossoming.
One pear on pear tree: the first.
Gelat businessGelat's conflict with the Médico. eds not yet settled.
At sea today helped Sebastian & maestro'smason's. KG son bring up stones to Posada - donkey & sacks. Photographer(itinerant) KG took three photos for me - sea;
Seb.
Sebastian
Salamo & Palonithe donkey. KG and me: same without me. In evening café group also taken, with Gelat & Castor as well as all of us.This paragraph may refer to the following day, June 5th. A line was drawn around it, but without further direction from RG. eds
June 5th
Wednesday.
Got up at 6.30: posted Korda letter. Juan & electricistaelectrician. KG mended Mesquida light. Wrote to Ros, Mother, Gamage about Rora DinghyFold-boat? KG for Sam from Laura; dictated three letters to Mary P. - Gamage about overcharge, H.S. about
C.F.V.
Claudius Film Version
serialization, title, stills; Dulan ordering Andersens WalpoleHorace Walpole. KG, GaskellMrs.Gaskell. KG. To Posada with young Miguel - gave him orders for three windows and their shutters, &
Antonio Cas Pintada
Antonio de Ca's Pintat
, orders for two doors. Five men working there.
Everyone typing Focus-stuff: my job, dictating illegible hands.
In evening went to conjuring show in old Café: cigarette swallowing, card tricks, auction of raffle tickets for a bottle of estomocalbitter. KG - Honor won.
Gelat told us the story of how the Médico & JuanJuan of Molí. KG were intending to claim by right of retracto
redemption. KG the
Can Medo
Can Madó
land and fountain. He can get out of this by a trick. And he can turn the tables by claiming to buy Molí at the price paid - put as 25,000pesetas, really 75,000... - as the previous renter of the property: a new law. And will do so to pay for his 'dolores de cabeza'headaches. KG.
June 6th Thursday
Up late, after a most long realistic dream about going back to school, & a headache. Worked all day, checking Focus contributions, except for visit to Posada where gave instructions about window sills, stones in living room, cupboard in kitchen, removal of tiles a painted tile from where it didn't show for interior decoration.
This morning Sebastian brought up the remainder of the stones and also the log for Can Torrent.
Letter from Neville Barbour promising Semitic assistance, from Constable saying that Arnie Lawrence was editing the letters himself for another firm, from Liddell Hart.
Wrote to
L.H.
Liddell Hart
telling him whose name, but asking whether mine had been in similar place: to Michael Roberts with list of poems for anthology & two more if he wanted, unpublished. To bed at 2 after posting letters.
June 7th Friday
Gordon's birthday. Five tier cake from local bakery. To village to find cigarette-making-machine, mislaid. Couldn't. Finally Laura asked Solomon: it was in his kennel. Posada; six men at work. Three new window frames now in, and minapassageway at side of house. KG dug. Flowers for fiesta (carnations at their best; love in the mist going over)
Some pages of
C.F.V.
Claudius Film Version
To Ca'n Juni: will be a good many plums & apples, and a great many oranges.
Gelat's news better. He has avoided danger of having
Ca'n Medo
Ca'n Madó
sequestrated. Two lawyers came & said that Doctor'sthe Médico's eds party has no case, & that water cannot be shut by judicial order until the case is lost, and appeal lost etc. Lawyers will see that Dr's party loses a fortune in prosecution costs. Gelat's costs will be paid by not having to run motor. (But nine days late for his plan of sequestrating Molí.) Gordon's party: white table cloth, red runner, cake, candles, pineapple ice from hotel
Hôtel Costa d'Or. KG, champagne. Desert island treatment. Gordon rhyme, Mary song, Carl essay, Honor drawing - me, dance in patio with Laura as orchestra. Then to Can Torrent. Beer, buffet.RG continues this entry at the bottom of the previous page in his diary (June 6th) eds
Gordon had to guess his presents by licking, feeling with feet & other tactile impressions. Letter-writing between us, Gordon's case subject of much correspondence between
L
Laura
& Honor, & Honor & me. Laura wore her 1860s dress.
Saturday June 8th
Focus to printers.
Palma in new car: dentist, 15 pesetas, porcelain filling, no pain. Bank: drew out 500 pesetas. At Pomars bought Mary a pearl & garnet ring , 20 p.RG indicates "pesetas" in different ways (or not at all): according to KG the correct abbreviation is "pts." eds. At Casas, for Posada, two old blue-glass bottles 5 pts, an old carved box for Posada 5pts., blue plate 8pts.
For Honor a jewel-box, for me a jewel box. 2 pes., & two old Mallorquin 1 lb weights as paper weights. At Costaantique shop. KG green & blue plate 10 pes. At shop next to PomasPomar. KG, rose topaz earrings for Laura, 50 pes. Lunch at Parisien. Tengo un gato, un perro, un canario, a casa
At home, I have a cat, a dog, and a canary
(but RG's Spanish construction is incorrect) KG, for left over food. 40 Lucky Strikes at 1.50pts. KG a packet via
Pomar's. A hat for me - Mallorquin superior straw. Chose tiles for Posada and also for Gelats Fábrica dance-hall.
Chicken livers for Honor & Gordon.
On return found Miguel had fixed the netting for the house windows in my workroom. Letter from Routledge about Lars Porsena.
Sunday June 9th
To Posada, collected the tile.
C.F.V.
Claudius Film Version
To Posada with Laura
Carl & Miguel the carpenter: gave him order for glass door & sitting room window & repair of main door. Decided on new window in entrada,
entrance hall. WG ventilation in tiny room, new stone benches etc. there.
Schwarz to tea at Can Torrent.
The Viñas went to the Foradada.
Letter from Eliot giving
A
Arnie Lawrence
's terms – fee of
Ev.St
Evening Standard
, surrender of letter, undertaking not to print; replied had always offered to pay fee, would not print this or other letter without permission or with; would not surrender letter because it was private.
Very hot weather indeed.
Reading Apuleius's Discourse on Magic
:
I have now stated why, in my opinion, there is nothing in common between magicians & fishes.
Monday June 10th
Fiesta (Ascension)
C.F.V.
Claudius Film Version
finished Chapter about
C
Claudius
's Second Marriage.
Looking for kittens: the wild delphiniums in full flower by the cuevascaves. KG.
Last strawberries.
Sirocco starting up. Honor to supper.
Letter to Pinker about what to tell Eliot he will pay
A.W.L.
Arnie Lawrence
Tuesday May 10
June 11
Sent Korda cable If Arnie objects my writing scenario prefer withdraw
: to Posada, gave instructions for corner window, ventilation shaft for Mary's room.
Sea: where got a few final stones for Posada floor. Honor told me everything settled happily between her & Gordon. Sea seemed very cold.
Bill of Lading for my papers from bank
Westminster. KG.
Letter from Jonathan: mentioning dictation
: answered at length.
C.F.V.
Claudius Film Version
very slow somehow.
Met Señorproprietor. KG of Son Bujosa who says we can proceed with boat house.
Médico, in interview with Juan, demanded 115 hours of water for his pals and payment for water. He can now go to law if he cares. Gelat will get him out of village, one way or another.
Wednesday May 11
June 12
Posada: everything going well.
Got copper wire from piano being knocked to pieces at Fábrica and made a fillethead-band. KGfor Laura.
Slow work of
C.F.V.
Claudius Film Version
Tried a poem on Vulgarity: no good.
To
Can Medo
Can Madó
where turbine is having a pipe fitted & the alternadoraalternator. KG is mended & its axel is leather coated.
Viñas to supper: made omelettes.
Two drafts of Moments in Never.
Potato for keeping my pen unacid introduced as a permanent thing.the pen nib was stuck into a raw potato. KG
Thursday May 12
June 13
Two more drafts of Moments in Never.
Tore up A Foreign Land; no good.
Posada: men now working downstairs also. Planned guillotine window for kitchen.
C.F.V.
Claudius Film Version
all morning.
In afternoon to Cala
with Pepe to plan roof for boat house: bathed; a few stones brought up.
Telegram from
H.S.
Harrison Smith
about announcing Fool of RomePreviously referred to by RG as the C.F.V.,
this was the condensed version of RG's novel, I,Claudius, which was to accompany the projected film version. See R.P. Graves 224, 232-33, 280. eds for November. Replied, agree. No letters
To Margarita's with Laura (her Julie dress) & to approve Pepe's ancient sink for Posada. Gelat came: we decided to tell Pepe that no more work until water settled: to force masons, workmen carpenters etc to anger with Médico. Did so.
In village, Emmerich's nephew-in-law & his silent friend.
Blackberries turning: two nectarines, eaten by Laura.
Slept with sheet only.
Friday June 14th
To Posada: nearly finished upstairs. Ordered lavabolavatory. KG window from Miguel, and sitting room window, and cupboard under sink from Franciscoone of the village carpenters. WG, measured for tiles. EntradaEntrance hall. WG window frame in: middleroom being got ready for tiles. Old sink removed to make entrada-window ledge.
C.F.V.
Claudius Film Version
five pp and retyped 2nd Marriage Ch. second time. Tamarisk & orange balls in flower.
Planted marigold, zinnias, ageratum, & larkspur in front bed; from seedling bed. (See March 22nd)
Tea at Viña. Laura at Modista (Francisca).
Medora
Madora
gave me old linen waistcoat with pewter buttons.
Proofs of Focus came.
Visit with Gordon to Can Madó where Gelat is using the overflow pipe to fill depositoreservoir. KG: to prevent médico's interdict if main stream used. To Francisco's to order bed painted & chair mended.
After supper Gelat came. Will make out Piñets document tomorrow, pay Monday. Agreed form of document between
L.
Laura
& him for possession of lands in his name. Decided on pump for Posada. We paid Gelat 2000 pes. on account for Posada etc.
Saturday. June 15th
Posada: cementing window frame in entradaentrance hall. WG and walls, putting window frame in lavabolavatory. KG room, roofing, grouting out kitchen sink place: old sink has made good window frame.
Translated Excidium Troiae into English for Laura's notes on Troy (8pp)
Checked proofs of Focus.
Cool weather, hot sun.
To sea: lugged up 1/2 a basket of stones. Then planted michaelmas daisies, spiky plants & balsomia with Sebastian.
Letter from
E.M.
Eddie Marsh
sending poems by Christopher Hassall.
Worked out games for party: 8 o'clock Can Torrent - Carl & Mary.
Hors D'oeuvres: as much as one wanted: beer. Fruit salad. Dancing (Laura gave me instructions) Tasting mixed drinks: I won, on points. Prize a bottle of wine. Cards 7 1/2: Laura won, I next. Prize 2nd miniature paloa local liqueur. KG. Miniature drama worked out as we went.
R.
Robert
solicitor,
K.
Karl
employé,
H.
Honor
niece,
M.
Mary
s's wife.
G.
Gordon
young writer,
L.
Laura
rich widow. Love entanglements and money stolen was the plot. Then circular letters, each to one for each by everyone else.
Glowworms
Sunday. June 16th
C.F.V.
Claudius Film Version
Various business letters.
(
E.M.
Eddie Marsh
also)
Sea: brought up stones (little boys brought me specimens)
Tired after last night.
Village, then checking James Reeves
poems. Incident at Can Torrent with Carl, but smoothed over.
Carl explains that I had asked Honor, Gordon & Mary to help me finish leftover party food – not thinking it good enough for Laura & Robert. Laura's wrath at this imagined slight took a lot of 'smoothing over'.
Worked late, finishing checking James Reeves poems. Final arrangement with Michael Roberts about poemsfor anthology. KG.
Apparently Gordon hasn't made up his mind & the chances are he will not come through. We offered Posada to Honor rent free for a year.
Gelat told us definitely that there would be the Viña furniture free for Posada.
Monday June 17th
To Palma 8.30.
L
Laura
, Karl, me, Honor, Gordon, Mary & Julian. Laura paid Gelat
Piñets money and extra 3000 pts. To Casas bought bureau 75 pesetas, two aufabisearthenware containers. KG, 35 pts. the two, two 2- oz. weights, (gifts) cigarette-box. 2 pesetas. Julian in basketMoses basket KG, fretful;
L.
Laura
bought backing for my pewter button waistcoat, I bought late 18th century basin (like Teruel stuffceramics. KG but Mallorquin) stag on blue green field, for Can Torrent
and( 14 pesetas) & small brown plate for 1 peseta. Checked remainder of Focus proofs, sitting in Bar Ritz.
Laura gave Gelat power of attorney for her here in Mallorca.
Was going to see Joselito filmabout bullfighting. KG, but misinformed as to when it would start. Saw a bad French film only; then had to go back on account of Julian.
Tuesday June 18th
Letter to Liverpool Daily Post re Italy & returning to poetry. (Published)this added at a later date, in pencil. KG
To Posada (& two carpenters) brought stones there. EntradaEntrance hall. WG being plastered. Work begun on little sitting room.
Laura doesn't want Gordon to go to Posada, if he's going to leave Honor.
Checked Karl's trans. of Schwarz's aphorisms.
C.F.V.
Claudius Film Version
gave to Karl to type.
Sea: stones: brought up.
Village: letter from Liddell Hart, confirming my guess that
T.E.
T.E. Lawrence
had not been single-minded about his book, or mine.
With Honor, Carl, Mary to Can Madó while Laura talked to Gordon. Definite separation between him & Honor: & will go before Honor enters Posada.
Talk with Pepe. Deyá for a long time had 999 inhabitants, so as not to pay higher taxes as a 1000 township.
Alice brought her kittens home.
Wednesday. June 19th
To Posada with Laura (& Schwarz). Will not be ready till first week in July, though 7 or 8 men working there. ArmarioCupboard. KG broken open again (of priests stealing). Decided about bathroom, bath & lavabolavatory. KG
etc, pipes, etc.
Wrote long letter to Liddell Hart, explaining and agreeing, comparing
T.E.
T.E. Lawrence
& J.C.Jesus Christ. KG Plutarcheanly.
Mended plate with plaster & stain.
Scabious beginning.
Thursday June 20th
Fiesta: Corpus.
Corpus Christi. KG
Wrote two drafts of poem: Lines to Myself. Then read Molly & Gordon's lives.i.e. their memoirs; would become A Mistake Somewhere. eds To sea: more stones. Swam round point and played at Jesus & St. Peter with Honor & Gordon.
All afternoon read Molly's & Gordon's lives. Supper at fondavillage pension. KG. Eskimo Nellpopular ribald ballad, origins unknown. eds read & presented to Mary.
Gelat says that work on Concordia is to begin next week: there is a sociedadsociety. KG of the young men who are renting the place, 200 pts. a year, with Juan as partner, & a profit sharing scheme. We shall present a clock & probably also pay for the tiles.
He definitely bought the Piñets today.
Friday June 21st
Went to Soller with Gelat: bought him a dressing gown for San JuanSt. John, Gelat's saint's day. KG, and Juan a wrist watch (50pts). Also a weathered San JuanSt. John.[?] KG; St. John's bread? eds. from the baker's (5 pes) and an
oil painting
picture of three rabbits by a Soller primitive (chocolate maker by trade): we gave him 60 pesetas: it was the first he had ever permitted himself to sell – mostly they were scriptural copies. Name, Pastor.
Two more drafts of Lines to Myself, and reading Gordon's life: which was such a give-away that it made one ashamed.
Posada: replastering going on in entradahall. KG, nearly done. Window in sitting-room in and plastered.
Comidor
Comedor
Dining-room. KG ready for plastering and kitchen window has shutters fixed. Strenge gave Laura open work gloves.
Up very late (third night running) reading Gordon & Molly. At the end Laura wrote Gordon a frank letter about it.
Photographs came, some very good.
Saturday. June 22nd
To Posada: plastering of entradahall. KG will be finished today. Sink brought up.
Fetched Gordon & Honor: Laura read them a severe letter she had written to Gordon about his indecisiveness & insults. He undertook to cable to Molly ending things.
Worked on
Lines
Address
to Myself & Address to Customers (Receipt for Moneys) and What Then? Sea: swam to swallow-rock with Mary & Karl. Grey mullets & swallows. Fishermen gave me a coral plant. SolomonRG's dog. eds chased a goat, got it down, sucked its ears. I lost my sun-glasses in the excitement. Stones for Posada. Very hot weather which makes me feel well. One sheet only for the last three nights.
Work started on boat-house.
Play on Plazavillage square. KG: The Two Brothers in Spanish and Deafness of Don Joachim in Mallorquin.
Back at 1.30. Won wrist-watch in raffle for 2 pesetas 25. Worth about 35 pesetas. First occasion ever. No 333. Felt sure to win, too. Laura in white taffeta red trimmed, white cornelian beads rose-topaz earrings white lace cap.
Sunday June 23rd
Worked over poems all morning.
Afternoon to village to watch bicycle contests, with ribbons worked by village girls for the men to poke, through the rings, with a stick and carry away.
Sea: found shells for Mary and for Canellun – a few stones too. Then a special fish supper – the huge fish from the fishermen who had given me the coral for Laura – done in a sauce of tunny, pimientopepper. KG, prawns and mayonnaise. Then to PlazaVillage Square. KG to watch dancing: first year of new orchestra. Lottery for hen, won by Juanhere refers to Gelat. KG. Lots of ices & cold beer from baker. Boleroslocal dances. KG: one very good pair, manfrom Can Prom and little girl. Gordon
souffente
souffrante
suffering, in pain. eds spoiled evening. At Margarita's café
Gelat at 12 o'clock ordered two bottles of champagne to drink his health. Half-drunk young Soller man with bicycle. Complained that all the foreigners had nuts and all the nut shops in the village were shut. Margarita said those aren't foreigners, they're English.
Then he said I am from the continent. I come from Garros in the province of Murcia.
Karl said What does that matter to me?
Or to me either,
said the h-d. Since I'm here not there.
Monday June 24
San JuanSt. John's, the village's Patron Saint's Day. KG
Spent morning in village trying to arrange that Carmen's brother's Lluchmayor orchestra should have a piano. Gelat foresaw trouble & went grudgingly about the last with the millionairea Basque visitor, married to an American. Known as "El Millionario." KG. That piano was out of tune & no other. Then lunch at Fábrica, Laura in Julie silk dress (first time) with Julie
gold beads, emerald ring, emerald earrings, self in red linen trousers red silk shirt white silk waistcoat. Food, arroz suciodirty rice – a soup. KG, chicken, cigalea kind of lobster. KG in
mayonaise
mayonnaise
, beans with ham, muscatel, champagne, cigars. Present: Gelat,
Medora
Madora
, Juan, Magdalena, Francisquito, Anita,
L
Laura
& Karl & I. Anita's two sisters, and their cousin Miguel of Son Bauza. Afterwards to eat the four-tiered cake we had given Gelat (with cherries and sugar Jses"Js" are for "Juan" KG) Bernado and his wife and daughters, and the Viña Viejas etc. Races, for rabbit & hen: hen won by youth who borrowed my red shoes. Then to PlazaVillage Square. KG to hear boleroslocal dance[music]. KG. Scandal there because the Lluchmayor band, good at dance music, could not play boleros; which was insisted on by Committee & theMayor. Boleros danced, music by Esporlasa village located inland, and south of Deyá. eds band,& jotastypical dance. KG(Strenge's Francisca's noviofiance. KG & her sister, Maria de sa Font Fresc, a Lluchmayor girl etc). Back to Fábrica for supper: chicken soup & cold chicken. Back to Plaza for dance music. Hot dusty wind sprang up, so we returned at 10.30.
Tuesday June 25
Gordon sent off by Honor to Paguera because a nuisance to her.
Letter to Korda asking for information, to
A.G.
Amy Graves
returning Jenny's letter, to Barker with formal demand, signed, for List Verlag's Book of the Month ClubKG underlines "Book of the Month Club" eds money, for Curtis Brown to recover, to Pinker with biographical details for Albatross
edition of
Claudius the God & enclosing Journal cutting. To Cape ordering 7 PillarsT.E. Lawrence's Seven Pillars of Wisdom. eds. To Cook thanking for JournalKG underlines. eds cutting & asking history of Jeanne & his coolness.
To Posada where in pursuance of Laura's order to have it finished in a week 9 or 10 men working. CuraPriest's. KG cupboard plastered, EntradaHall. KG done except floor, central room plastered but not floored. Midjanssandstone. KG being raised in kitchen. Antonio Cas Pintat, the carpenter, ill. Gave his work to other capenters, who are both up to date with their work. Ordered sink to be picar'dchiselled. KG and polished, and windowwall curved down, because of its extra size.
Another version of What Then? now called Historical Particulars.
Blackberries first ripe.
Letter from Arnie, proposing an amnesty.
Honor
Mary
Karl to supper.
Men sprinkling carreteramain road. KG with stones to lay the tar.
Read Honor's Lifeautobiography: for her contribution to Three People, Three Stories, later titled A Mistake Somewhere. eds: much the best.
Undertook to pay tiles for Centro Concordia: which means no charge for Posada furniturean exchange with Gelat? eds..
Wednesday June 26
Rained slightly in night. Very hot. No sheet even.
Sent Arnie authority to pay Standard fee to Eliot, and extra £20 (American money less
P
Pinker
's commission, and out of pocket) and my side of the story: agreed to amnesty. Wrote thanking Eliot. Wrote telling Pinker to pay the balance of the fee into my a/c after deducting commission.
Posada. Kitchen midjansedsandstoned (midjan: sandstone building-block). KG. Helped masons raise sink into position; advised about draught draft for fugoncharcoal fire. KG. Upstairs all done now except lavabolavatory. KG and outside of one window. Visited both carpenters.
To sea with Karl. Hot day, with clouds. Warm sea. Stones.
Orange-balls at their best. First zinnias. Stowed blankets away for the summer & hung out winter things against moth. Also Laura's nightgowns, hats etc. Awful heat in attic.
Posada again with Mary. Bench made in sitting room & sink fixed, place for fugonscharcoal fires. KG being made.
Work started today on Centro Concordia.
Letter from Ashby asking Latin inscription for Winchester Cloisters: supplied it.
Thursday June 27
Sirocco: all windows shut.
To Posada early with stones. Plastering in kitchen & sitting room, and lavabolavatory. KG: cowl over fugonscharcoal fires. KG.
Three drafts of a poem Never Such Love.
To sea, cooler wind. Stones (Karl too) Brought up sponge.
Then with Laura & Honor to Posada: Laura ordered shelves for kitchen from Miguel senior, and we also arranged toput in fixed window at back. Fugonssee above. eds being plastered. Arranged for upper rooms to be whitewashed by women. Gordon returned, glad to leave the bickerings of Paguera. Constable's high estimate for Epilogue. Letter from Liddell Hart confirming & explaining things. Answered it (forgot to post).
Mss arrived from BankWestminster. KG via Short.
AlgarrobasSt. John's bread. KG turning colour.
Apricots from Can Juni.
Gelat &
Medora
Madora
visited us and talked for about 2 hours, late. Cold lemonade and wafers. Hot wind continued. Pepe must get permission for boat house.
Friday June 28
No clouds today & some breeze (read that Tuesday was the hottest night ever recorded in England (88 degrees at Brighton)). Drinking no alcohol but lots of water feel very well. Fourth draft of Never Such Love. Letter to
E.M.
Eddie Marsh
about Hawthornden cheque, and to Saward about pensions; Rosa brought me natural coloured trousers. Her bill since Jan. is 367 pesetas: little. To Posada: putting down guides for tiles in sitting room, white plastering entradahall. KG, plastering comedordining room. KG, plastering kitchen. Ordered marcoframe. KG for kitchen window & shelves for
dispensa
despensa
larder. KG (Francisco,one of the village carpenters. WG both)
Paid Estanco 100 pts on a/c.
Arranged with Pepe to work at Posada tomorrow laying stones. To sea: stones. Swam with Carl & Mary to swallow rock & round home non-stop by the headland. Two canoes out, for the first time. Put mss in attic.
Men repairing road, Gordon says.
Laura wrote to Constable giving Seizin list – Progress of Stories; Three People, Three Storieslater titled A Mistake Somewhere KG, James's Poems
; Moon's no Fool. Carl cries off
Schw.
Schwarz
translation.
Almost Forgotten Germany. eds Posted letter to Constable 1 a.m. (At 10 pm angry visit to Isabel's mother about Josepha's insolence)
Saturday June 29th San Pedro & PabloSts. Peter & Paul KG
Up early and laid stones at Posada with Carl & Antoniolikely either Antonio Murciano, or Antonio de Ca's Pintat, a carpenter. eds. Carl in bad mood. Laid two squares. Difficult job. To make all smooth Pepe, coming, said pour on liquid cement and clean stones after. This was done.
All afternoon, after reading first specimen of Cressida's Troydoes this refer to Laura Riding's historical novel about Troy, which was later titled A Trojan Ending? eds, went over Carl's
trans.
translation
of
Schw
Schwarz
Schwarz' Memoirs. KG. Became Almost Forgotten Germany. See RP Graves 234. eds. 10 pp. rewriting every line. No sea today.(Solomon has diarrhaea)
At Café sat down at table with Gordon & Mary not noticing Mrs. Broadwood next to me (mistook her for Joan)
Focus came. Cigarette shortage.
Books from Sanders which he had on sale.
Figs from Viña Vieja: rather dry
Sunday June 30 San MarsalSpecial local feastday, associated with the area around Inca. eds
Going over
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storycf. Almost Forgotten Germany. eds all morning. In afternoon Laura, Carl, Gordon, Honor, Mary, Juanprobably refers to Gelat here? eds & I at 2 pmin the new car to Soller port. Sat under a heather-thatched awning at the beach restaurant. Had hors d'oervres, beef-steaks, cutlets, lobster, omelette, etc all sharing titbits, after hot bathe. Juan had snails (not sharing). Back at six. I swam across the bay to the left. It was very cool at Soller port.
More
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Memoirs. KG. See above. eds in the evening.
Bill the Lizarda gecko. KG busy on the Mesquida
netting mosquito gauze.