June 1, Monday.
Wrote to Fuller, about auctioneer being joined as defendant etc.in Antigua eds.
Various small Antigua points.
Helped Bartolome and Antonio the Murcian to put large stone table in position. They had already fixed the one in the grotto. The centres joining the stones to the pillars are made of Portland cement mixed with water paint — red, green, blue.
Wrote to A.G.
Sebastian Aquel came to talk over garden problems.
Remaining tables fixed.
Deposito down below tap level.
Wrote three drafts of "To Disown the Once Written".
June 2 Tuesday
Olive tree nearest the flower-bed being cut down by the two Sebastians
Sebastian Aquel and old Sebastian? eds., Gelat supervising.
Bartolomé and Amador fetched stones from Can Mado (pulling down an old oven there).
Another version of poem: To Disown the Records. *Epilogue went off finally.
Wrote to Observer asking for Hillgarth's Davy Jones to review; and to Hillgarth.
To David discouraging Nazi enthusiasm.
To Richards enclosing excellent press-cutting of O.S.S. from U.S.A. (slow but steady sale
)
To Honor, in answer.
Laura came with me to village late: for first time for a fortnight or so.
Old Sch. says that the stone mortar or holy water stamp is too cheap both for the real thing
and for a forgery at 10
pes.
pesetas
If genuine West Gothic
it should be very valuable indeed.
June 3 Wednesday.
Laura having finished 3 sections of Troy read it to me all morning. Then in afternoon worked on Drama for Epilogue
(Alan Hodge). Heavy day. In the garden were working
-
Bartolomé (de Francia),
-
Sebastian Aquel
- Sebastian de Ses Pins.
- Sebastian Font Fresc.Sebastian de Ses Pins was probably a gardener /labourer from the village ; Sebastian Font Fresc was also a gardener. WG, KG
-
Amador,
-
Gelat.
Olive at Can Torrent pulled out: other sawn into logs and stone path mended.
Read Davy Jones & took notes.
Laura condemned the middle olive on the drive. Gave Madora 200
p
pesetas
. for Magdalena's wedding present. She gave us cuttings of
Allegria in Casa
alegria en casa
a plant name. Generally called simply alegrias. Not to be confused with "Alegrias" which is a form of Flamenco music. WG, a single crimson geranium & a roundleaved cactus. Planted papyrus & potted the M's things.
Smart shower of rain in evening making watering unnecessary.
Another version of To Disown the Records.
June 4 Thursday.
Olive tree in drive felled. Laura also condemned one by turn of drive.
To Posada where Miguel has put on lavatory door, painted kitchen door, etc. Will finish tomorrow.
Reading Greek dramatists for drama notes.
Laura went to bed, early not feeling well.
Got some different geranium cuttings from Fonda.
Bartolomé nearly finished path through fruit-trees.
June 5 Friday.
Went with Gelat for walk to Vinyet which was being ploughed by a white-faced mule with a red nose-band. SolomonGraves' dog eds. thought this was blood & got very excited.
24 hour strike in Palma as protest against bombing of trades-union headquarters (nine injured). So no letters.
Bartolome has finished path, is building seat beside it.
Watered plants at the Posada, which have taken well.
Rewrote first page of Antigua for the third or fourth time.
Reading the Greek tragedians.
Moved all the
stores
stoves
to the casitashed K.G.: in hope of winter ending.
June 6 Saturday
Bartolomé making a bench with stones from the Can Mado oven. News came at 11 of the death of his aunt by cancer (Francisco the carpenter's wife) so he knocked off. Went to Margarita for my new trousers: not started, of course.
Miguel brought framed picture of Toledo: & round table to Posada.
Wrote four pages for Laura about Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripidesfor Drama eds..
To L.H. in answer to his: explaining my feelings.
Still cold weather, no need for mosquito netting yet. One pear tree has only just begun to leaf.
Flowers put in a week ago have all taken well. AbelinsAbelens K.G. are leaving Deyá.
Had 'stosia' dreamseems to be a made up word – p. 306 Antigua – for these flowers (which for some reason or other, he calls "stosias" – we suppose they have to be called something) K.G..
Enclosure – Bullfight Ticket
[No transcription available for this document.]
June 7 Sunday.
Incorporated 'stosia' dream in Antigua.
To Palma for bull-fight at 11.30
It should have been Lalanda, Armillita, Ortega; but Lalanda had sprained his ankle in a bull fight in France, and Armillita is a Mexican and the Mexican bullfighting dispute is still unsettled, so we had Curro Caro and Pericas. Curro Caro was brave but nervous and the bulls were very large and to be nervous about. Pericas's first visit to
Mallorca
Palma
(his native city) as a matador so he had stage fright and was knocked down by his first bull not gored and lost consciousness until after the fight. Ortega was better than ever and from our good seats (17 pesetas) we could see him close and hear him talking to the bull. Curro Caro threatened, Ortega commanded. Mira me, toro!
Look at me, bull!
K.G. and
when he had him in position told him to wait a moment while he killed him. Ortega got ears and tail for Perica's bull, no other awards, though there was a protest that C.C. didn't get something for his last bull, which he killed well, taking advantage of his tallness.
We met in Palma the Tio's (Pedro & Catalina) Castañer & 4 nieces, and Barcelo's daughter and son-in-law.
Lena's was awful. Francisca stayed in Palma, the maestroschool-master K.G. returned with us.
June 8, Monday
Still making little checks in Antigua.
Sent off O.S.S. to John & Lucie.
Paid Estanco 450 pesetas.
Wrote review of Davy Jones.
Sebastiangardener K.G. training the passion-flower under the earth and along the new hedge; Bartolomé finishing the garden bench by the torrent.
Sent off review.
To Posada where Miguel is working: ordered zinc-bottoms for Posada doors.
Overcast day: slight rain: summer not yet.
Going over Drama with Laura.
June 9th Tuesday
Hot day.
Wrote a note on Eliot for Drama notes.
Bartolomé finished the bench with a design on the back worked out by all 3 of us.
Fuller sent Antigua (all but 2nd Trial chapter) – Incorporated all the changes I had made in first copy.
Rose Arbour posts put up.
Gelat told of last minute attempt to settle the water plea: everyone anxious to settle except Boy. He persists and threatens Señor of Pedrissa: says he's been promised £ 5000
pes
pesetas
. and assured that he'll win.
Krasnik dog very ill: underfeeding?
The alfalfa flowering.
Put up Laura's mosquito net.
Incorporated Fuller's corrections: now only Laura to go through Antigua.
Wrote to A.G.
June 10th Wednesday.
To Posada early.
Kitchen window opening-apparatus fixed, knobs on kitchen door, water-shed on front door,
escritoire
éscritoire
desk eds. mended, towel-racks fixed. One zinc panel still be be fixed on front door.
First load of Can Mado sand fetched for paths, and more cartloads of stone.
Rowed Miguel for creosote mess on floors.
Gummed down torn edges of press-patchwork-cover.
Books to attic: put up my own mosquito net.
Checked Greek Dramatists notefor Drama eds..
Gave Antigua to Laura to read, after a final insertion about the oxidisation of stamps.
Laura
Karl & I went to Can Mado on visit of inspection. Casitashed K.G. nearly destroyed.
First dahlia.
June 11 Thursday CorpusCorpus Christi K.G.
Spent whole morning in garden potting cuttings of white, and mauve-papery, carnations and various things Strenge sent us (she took carnation cuttings from us yesterday & two Cardoonsan edible perennial, closely related to globe artichoke eds.) – mixing various earths & juggling about the pots, making room. About 20 pots.
SmithBlacksmith K.G. came: gave instructions for the ancient iron balustrade between Canellun & Can Torrent and he and Gelat worked out how the front door balustrade should go.
The 'Proxies' (Macdonalds) are going, leaving a broken contract behind them: only paid 80
p
pesetas
. and baker spent 4000
p.
pesetas
on house.
Letter to Fuller.
To J.B.Allen ordering first decent suit for 7 years.
Planted the 'solanum'(alias Virgin's tears) by the torrent. Did all the watering, it being a fiestaholiday K.G..
Gelat worked out ice-chest with us.
Tonight for the first time at cards each of us made a tailorrefers to card game 66
eds..
Laura and I worked out a scheme for my share in Poetry & Politics.
June 12th Friday
Hot sun, no haze.
Writing on Politics & Poetry for Epilogue.
Hart wrote enclosing a Cape letter proposing a limited editionof T.E.L. eds. Wrote to L.H. agreeing.
Put carding machine in Mesquida fireplace.
Row with Catalina (nearly dismissed) for insolence in not listening to Laura speaking.
Earth
Can Mado sand being put on new paths.
To Hillgarth sending O.S.S.
Cleaned out dispensalarder K.G., putting bottles below.
Politics & Poetry in evening.
To David, asking him to arrange his own boat.
June 13th Saturday
Took out tulips, rearranged pots in patiocourt-yard K.G.. Bartolome continuing path in vermouth bed. Decided on a bench at narrow part of garden by carnations. Visit from Maria Fidevera and Juana, with eggs and cherries.
Politics and Poetry again
Bathed: it was not too cold, only rather.
Zinnias came in afternoon, planted by the
media
bota
half-barrel K.G.
Laura I and Karl to Posada, hung up pictures etc, took notes of missing fittings. L approved garden and casitashed K.G. doings: and bench.
June 14th Sunday
Read a stack of
Left Reviews and took notes for Poetry & Communism. Wrote it in afternoon.
Planted some hanging geraniums at the Posada.
It rained all the afternoon. 'Es Saltwaterfall – after strong rain K.G.' active but no 'Cueva NegraBlack Cave K.G.'.
Wrote Poetry and Communism all day and up to 10 o'clock at night.
Alicecat eds. brought her kitten up.
June 15th Monday.
Absurd heavy drenching rain.
Did some more work on Poetry and Politics. Checked Laura's
Drama notes.
Letter from H.S. announcing that instead of recovering $1000 on income tax I must refund $1186 surtax!
A. Hodge is coming.
Laura went over Antigua first 40
pp
pages
in an hour.
Laura to Alicecat eds. who turned up her nose at bread: When I was a cat I always ate bread!
Only drizzle in afternoon (went to Can Gelat where vine has been tied up) but heavy rain in evening.
Orange balls at their best, and tamariskshrub or low tree eds..
Antigua to
p
page
66 at night: rather sticky part.
June 16 Tuesday.
Absurd drenching rain all night.
In morning Alicecat eds. who has had a war with SolomonGraves' dog eds. for months brought her kitten, drowned, into his kennel as if either to reproach him for being the cause of its having to be kept away from the house, or (more likely)
to blame
to make us think its death was due to his violence. He got greatly excited over the corpse but did not maul it. Alice is pregnant again, too.
The other side's lawyer has put in a sick-certificate at the trial today, to tide over the Boy trouble.
Unexpected £30 from Albatross and ditto
ex gratia
from Cape for L.&.A 2/- edition.
Wrote to Cape: about limited edition.
June 17 Wednesday.
A little sun, but clouded over again immediately. Men working again, removing top olive from drive and replanting it below, Bartolome making frame of cement to put a cover over the pit, & continuing shrubbery path.
Laura gave me job of going on with Schools by myself. Last night worked on Chinese, this morning on Indian school systems.
In evening Laura went over more Antigua with me, in afternoon we went over what I had written about Politics & Poetry and Gelat & Medora came & former explained danger Nuns are in of getting their school
convent closed as well as school, because they have canvassed against the
maestra
school-mistress K.G. who is now turning nasty, though previously prepared to exchange. At Bañalbufar the people turned out to prevent inspector serving notice on nuns, & inspector to avoid bloodshed(Guardia CivilesCivil Guards K.G. were ready to fire) drove off.
June 18, Thursday
Hot, cloudy.
To Palma
, with Karl, by camionbus K.G..
Changed £60 with Short (2000 pesetas. to Gelat) at 'black' rate of 37.50 pesetas.. Notarized my U.S. income tax claim & sent off.
P.C.
postcard
to David, advising him & Sam
to come on the 15th by the Scharnhorst (
S'hampton
Southampton
11th).
Letter Bought net skirt for Laura 15
pes
pesetas
and
at M.M's,
L various cushion cover stuffs, also small amethyst and pearl pendant 12
p.
pesetas
; at Casas keyhole for Posada,
toccador
tocador
aldabais Spanish, tocador more Mallorcan: knocker K.G. for knocker, & old tile 1
p
peseta
in all, nothing else of interest.
On return, letter from Fuller returning missing
ch.
chapter
of Antigua eds. and from Richards about Curzon & the Lancersrefers to O.S.S. or Old Soldiers Never Die eds.
To Posada where fixed keyhole &
toccador
tocador
knocker K.G..
June 19 Friday.
Working on 2nd trial and interlocutory injunction in Antigua, on India in Schools, with Laura on Politics & Poetry; went to Margarita, no trousers yet ready. Bartolome mending plaster at Canellun round doors, paths in shrubbery finished, pu making holes for putting bannisters on the steps in front of front door. Amador brought Can Mado earth to Posada. Sebastian Aquel made seed-bed with Emmi's seeds. In the evening a punch-bowl at Str & Sch. Laughed like anything over nothing. To bed at 10.30.
Found number of seedling lavender bushes and Garden daisy first out.
Laura writing about politics.
June 20 Saturday.
Rained in night: hot wind
Sirocco K.G..
Working on Schools, India & Japan, and checking p & cross-copying 3 sections of
Politics to send off today.
Watt unable to get an offer from Watt
Rosenbach
on T.E.L. letters K.G., trying Wells. Told him to accept Maggs', rather than nothing by delaying too long.
Ordered bl brown suit and two grey flannels from Allen, to be brought by David: cost £14.7. in all (suit £11.9, with discount)
To Posada where paths are laid but casitashed K.G. not yet floored.
Hot wind had taken half the leaves off the almond trees.
Bartolome dressing stones on Luna land for building the wall with the inscribed st.
Moli stonei.e.stone-basin K.G.; the Moli stone usually refers to a tuffa (a soft calcite stone at the source of a spring). WG in.
Gelat reports that a meeting for an arreglodeal K.G. at 9 am summoned by the opposition lawyer & G's lawyer (Luis Alemany & Barcelo) was not attended owing to differences. The hearing is now on July 1st.
June 21 Sunday
Laura went over Ant with me: to
p
page
94.
Hot, clear day.
Hydrangea flowering.
Did Jewish schools & read up Moslem for Schools eds..
Ice cream at Sala.
Yesterday Sebastian Aquel brought ivy and maidenhair for the grotto.
Two nectarines ripe. (Only two).
June 22 Monday.
Worked on Moslem Schools
.
Hair cut, ordered San JuanSaint John's day; midsummer village fiesta, or holiday. K.G., eds. cake, and ventilator for Can Torrent. To Fabrica to hear what news of last
nights
night's
meeting about water (Don Pedro and Secretario brought offer to Gelat).
Apparently a surrender, but asked for too much water. Gelat scaled down six hours as a condition for signing. The Doctor was not at the meeting which appointed these emissaries and adopted these terms.
Bartolomé building bench under the
algarrobé
algarrobo
carob-tree K.G..
Girls schools in the Eastfor Schools eds..
Went over P&Politics with Laura, but it snagged, so did to
p
page
113 in Antigua.
Sebastian Aquel brought more plants (from Salerosa) aloes & cactus & chrysanthemums.
June 23 Tuesday
Very hot day. but clear
Women's education in the Eastfor Schools eds..
Gelat came with a long report. The Education committee referred the maestraschool-mistress K.G.'s complaint to the mayoralty, Gelat called a meeting of parents, one of whom (was prompted to) brought up question of her nationality – This was put in writing: if she consents to exchange she won't be turned out. If she doesn't she will.
The water thing is practically settled. Gelat has conditioned that a certain pipe be put at the fuentespring K.G. source to go down to the claimants. This leaves half the water to him, and he will divert the stream to the depositoresevoir K.G. which will always remain full: & he has hours free from 4 in the morning to 9 every day. The road business shelved, apparently to save the staff-colonel's face. The school may be built for nothing by applying for 5 units (3 schoolrooms, library, doctor's consulting room) at 12,000
pes.
pesetas
grant each.
Miguel putting up the crosspieces of the rose-arbour including a rounded piece that came from the
Moli: Bartolome tiling the bench.
Finished Poetry & Politics with Laura: now about 45 typed
pp
pages
.
In evening to Plazavillage square K.G. to the Comediaplay K.G. at 9.
Back at 1.30. First play, classical about dead soldier's return – rascally mayor – soldier struck dumb.
Other about unemployment in Mallorca, comic.
Enclosure –
San Juan Fiesta programme
[No transcription available for this item.]
June 24th
San JuanSaint John's day K.G.
Very hot day, but clear.
Small jobs on Antigua.
Catalina went early to Fabrica to help with the lunch.
Lunch at Fabrica. Present — Laura, me, Karl, Gelat, Madora, Anita, Juan, Magdalena,
Francisquita.
Don Pedro & Doña Catalina, Anita's Margarita & Francisca, her mother, her father and brother Antonio. Twelve at lunch, with six in kitchen including Catalina who made a toffee fruit-stand with candied cherries on top.
Entremeseshors d'oeuvres K.G., arroz brutdirty rice K.G., with lobsters, saffron etc, chicken ragout, lobster mayonnaise salad, champagne, cake, fruit, coffee, cigars. Serenade by the Establiements band.
Returned to Canellun at 4 – stopped at Can Caballo for coffee – then to Plazavillage-square K.G. too late for bolerosSpanish dances eds.
, ,
,
back to supper on sopasMajorcan soup K.G. & chops at the Fabrica. Exhausted on return, though the weather was very good.
The greatest joke was all Gelat
's political enemies coming to congratulate him on his name day at the exquisitoexquisite K.G. lunch. He replied to 'Muchos años
may you live many years!
K.G.' — 'en su compania
In your company!
K.G.'.
June 25th Thursday
Hot.
To Can Gelat with Gelat & Pepe Salas: gave instructions for anti-damp-proofing, for kitchen & bathroom windows & shutters, ventilation in dispensalarder K.G., putting lavatory right, shutters in workroom.
Went over politics typing and sent off to Kemp, also letter to Constable about A.F.G. wrapper.
Bartolomé making bench design (after Laura) in pink red portland cement.
Bathed with Karl: first time this year warm enough to swim to diving point.
To Cooke about postmarksin Antigua K.G..
Gardenia flowered.
A pear tree suddenly died — as a nectarine or almond did a month ago.
Schools in the evening.
June 26th Friday.
Bench finished. Bartolomé putting ventilator in spare-bedroom at Can Torrent,& sealing up smell in patiocourt-yard K.G..
Mesquida whitewashed.
Helped Seb. Aquel to paint the rose arbour with creosote.
Schools.
26 sacks of tobacco captured by coast guards near Lluchalcari. The two
c.g.
coast guards
s will get about 6000
p
pesetas
. each — apart from what they may have to pay to the denouncer, possibly someone with a small stake in the tobacco.
Carl black-painted balustrade between Can Torrent and Canellun.
Slept with only a sheet, for first time.
L. decided definitely to get rid of Catalina.
June 27 Saturday.
Boira on mountains.
Working. Rosa sewing, Catalina, Francisca, Maria Murciana, Catalina Martina whitewashing etc, in garden 2
Seb
Sebastian
s, (Aquel
putting the cañasrose canes eds. K.G. on the arbour) & Bartolomé collecting stone for work on wall.
Arbour completed.
Jenny wrote saying that 'Follow the Sun'
C.B. Cochran's 1936 Revue Follow the Sun
(music by Arthur Schwartz; lyrics by Howard Dietz & Desmond Carter) eds. comes off today & she wants to come here for a holiday. Wrote, welcoming her.
Work on Schools. (early mediaeval).
Busy replacing Mesquida pictures & furniture.
Row: Maria Murciana & Catalina Martina insulted by something of Francisca's reported by the other Catalina. Laura smoothed it out, gave notice to Catalina. Catalina wouldn't go to bed, so Francisca for fear, came upstairs to sleep. Alarms in the night.
Enclosure –
The Naval Officer
[No transcription available for this document.]
June 28 Sunday.
Got up at 5.30 to make sure Catalina went off. She was not there – Mass? WaiteShe appeared at the gate later, where I paid her, her 15
pes.
pesetas
owing, & saw her off in Bart's car. Spent morning (after a sleep) in cooking Sunday roast as it should be cooked with proper gravy, mintsauce etc.
Mediaeval Schools
.
In afternoon after watering at the Posada, where Karl & I took the picture lent us by Schwarz, entertained Pedro, Catalina & Madora. Then to village – ices – and gave Strenge the agate brooch at last ready (from Barcelona).
In evening Laura did one page of Antigua with me, grew tired, went to bed.
Strike at Barcelona: no letters.
*Water Affair Solved
June 29 Monday.
San Pedro y Pol
Saints Peter and Paul K.G.
Francisca went to Palma to find a cook. Katalina Martina came to help. I got lunch.
Mediaeval Schools
.
Laura did another 20
pp
pages
of Antigua with me.
To Fabrica to
Tio PedroR.G. first underlined Tio Pedro's name, then crossed the underline out. eds.'s fiestaname day K.G. where Gelat told us news of water settlement: they agreed to his terms & signed a contract.
Champagne.
Still no letters.
Sleeping now with one sheet.
June 30 Tuesday (San MarsalSaint Martial eds.)
Rewriting Antigua passages following L's suggestions, helping with lunch.
Bartolome putting in kitchen & patiocourt-yard K.G. screen doors. Cellar being whitewashed by C. Martina & M. Murciana.
Income tax repayment from England of £55: unexpected.
Wrote newsletter to MacCormacks.
Bathed.
There may be deaths among our Apricots & peaches because of the rain. They are losing their leaves. Gelat is spraying them and the roses.
Ca'n Madó
Majorca
Sp
Old flour mill, on the road to Palma, converted into a hydro-electric plant by Gelat. Laura bought him a generator. Part of the orchard was bought by LR & RG. WG
Can Torrent
Deyá
Majorca
Sp
House next to Canellun also belonging to LR & RG. Built by Norman Cameron. WG
Posada, La
Deyá
Majorca
Sp
House on the Puig next to Deyá church. Originally part of the Es Molí property. It had been rented by the church for Sunday school. RG and LR bought it in February, 1935, to use as a guest house for their visitors. WG, eds.
Fonda
Deyá
Majorca
Sp
Inn next to Margarita's Café. Occasionally ate there. WG
Vinyet
Deyá
Majorca
Sp
House belonging to Gelat overlooking the Cala. WG
Palma
Palma
Majorca
Sp
Capital and largest centre of Majorca.
Toledo
Toledo
New Castille
Spain
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.
Majorca/ Mallorca
Majorca
Sp
Largest of the Balearic Islands, located in the Mediterranean Sea off the eastern coast of Spain. R.G. and L.R. lived there, in Deyá, from 1929-1936. eds
Lena's Bar
Palma
Majorca
Sp
LR and RG sometimes ate here while in Palma on shopping or business trips. eds.
Torrent
Deyá
Mallorca
Spain
river that cuts through the valley below Graves' house, Canelluñ eds.
Pedrissa, Sa
Majorca
Sp
Farm on the way to Valldemossa. WG
Canellun
Deyá
Majorca
Sp
Laura Riding and Robert Graves' house. Also Canellun (private) road. WG, KG
Mesquida
Deyá
Majorca
Sp
The dining room in Canellun was called the Mesquida after a painting hanging in it. WG
Can Gelat
Deyá
Majorca
Sp
One of a group of houses behind the Fábrica called the Viña Vieja. WG
Bañalbufar
Bañalbufar
Majorca
Sp
Another village on the north west coast of the island. WG; famous for its tomatoes. KG
Luna land
Deyá
Majorca
Sp
Land on the opposite side of the main road from Canellun belonging to RG and LR. WG
Concordia
Deyá
Majorca
Sp
Salón Concordia. Gelat's café. Variously refered to as the Sala or the Salón. The village youths had shares in it. It was later called the Salón Deportivo. WG
Fábrica
Deyá
Majorca
Sp
Home of Juan (Gelat) and his wife, the Madora. K.G. The ground floor was a nave extended over the equivalent of two more lots. This originally was a factory with an oil press, a flour mill and a soap making machine all run by a steam engine. Gelat replaced steam by fuel-oil and installed an electricity generator. When he put in the turbine at Ca'n Madó he removed the machinery and built a Café in its place (the Sala Concordia). WG
Ca sa Salerosa
Deyá
Majorca
Sp
Literally the house of the happy one. House on the Palma side of the Deyá valley which RG & LR rented when they first arrived in Deyá in 1929 and in which they installed the Albion Press. This house was one that was often available to rent. WG During 1935 it was evidently rented by the McCormacks (See March 17, 1935) CP
Molí, Es
Deyá
Majorca
Sp
Large estate which Gelat divided up and sold for the owner. The farm-house was bought by Juan Mayol. RG & LR bought the Posada, Es Piñets and part of Ca'n Madó. WG
Can Caballo
Deyá
Majorca
Sp
Schwarz' house. (Ca s'Cabalito. The house had a little bronze horse on the balustrade.) Three doors away from Canellun. WG
Llucalcari
Llucalcari
Majorca
Sp
Hamlet with hotel some three kilometres from Deyá on the way to Soller. WG. RG spells it "Lluchalcari" in the Diary.
Barcelona
Catalunya
Spain
Located on the Mediterranean coast. eds.
Fuller
William
Bill Fuller
Fuller, William
lawyer and researcher for Antigua Penny Puce KG; m. to Mary Fuller eds.
Bartolomé
Bartolomé
Bartolomé
The mason. WG
Antonio
Antonio the Murcian
Antonio
Antonio and his wife Carmen, parents of Paco, who worked as a mason, and the servant girls Isabel and Josefa, were immigrants from Murcia, a province in Spain. W.G. & eds.
Graves
Amy
A.G. (A.E.S.G)
Graves, Amy
Amy Graves, RG's Mother. WG
Aquel
Sebastian
Sebastian
Aquel, Sebastian
"That" Sebastian? (nickname) K.G. A villager who helped out with renovations, landscaping etc. May have had some seniority among the labourers there. W.G., eds.
Sebastian
Sebastian
Sebastian
Gardener getting on for 80. KG
Marroig Más
Juan
Gelat
Más, Juan Marroig
Juan Marroig Mas, called Gelat: Landowner on Deyá and friend of Robert Graves and Laura Riding (L.R. & R.G.'s factotum. W.G.)
Amador [?]
Amador
Amador
Gelat's right hand man. Drove the bus. WG; also Gelat's chauffeur KG
Hillgarth
Hillgarth
Hillgarth
Consul? Ambasador? Foreign Office. W.G.; Palma Consul KG
Graves
David
David
Graves, David
R.G.'s second child [by Nancy Nicholson]. W.G. In RAF; killed in the war. The only one of Graves' children who might have become a poet had he lived. K.G., eds.
Richards
Frank
Richards
Richards, Frank
Author of Old Soldiers Never Die and Old Soldier Sahib which R.G. rewrote for him. Was in The Royal Welch Fusiliers, R.G.'s regiment. eds.; Birth name is Francis Phillip Woodruff eds. see Diary September 27, 1936
Wyatt
Honor
Honor
Wyatt, Honor
Journalist. Arrived in Deyá fortuitously. Married to Gordon Glover...Son Julian. W.G. First acquainted with R.G. and L.R. early in 1934; returned to visit in 1935; continued friendship in England. eds (RPG 211).
Riding
Laura
Laura
Riding, Laura
(1901-91) American poet. Laura Riding (née Reichenthal; then Laura Gottschalk).
Schwarz
Georg
Swartz
Schwarz, Georg
German Jew. Deyá neighbour. Antique dealer. Lived with Frau Emmy Strenge, his house keeper, in Can Caballo some hundred yards from Canellun. RG and LR translated his "Almost Forgotten Germany." WG
Hodge
Alan
Alan
Hodge, Alan
Oxford history graduate. Became close friends with LR & RG. First husband of Beryl Graves. CP & WG
Marroig Más
Madora
Madora
Marroig Más, Madora
Gelat's wife. W.G. R.G. often spells her first name "Medora," and precedes it with "the." eds.
Marroig Más
Magdalena
Magdalena Marroig
Marroig Más, Magdalena
Gelat's daughter. Later married Marcos Colom. WG
Miguel
Miguel
Miguel
One of four village carpenters. Others were Miguel Junior, Francisco and Antonio de Ca's Pintat. WG
Francisco
Francisco of Ca l'Abat
Francisco
His son, Antonio de C'as Pintat, was one of the village carpenters. WG
Margarita
Margarita Modista
Margarita Modista
Modista: Dress maker (in Deyá). W.G., eds.
Liddell Hart
Basil
Liddell Hart
Liddell Hart, Capt. Basil
War-fare expert and friend of T.E. Lawrence. Collaborated with RG on a book of T.E.L'.s letters, published in 1938. See RPG p.231. WG & Eds.
Abelen
Peter
Abelin
Abelen, Peter
(1884-1962), German painter living in Deyá. K.G.; RG often misspells the name: Abelin eds.
Espinosa
Fermin
Armallita
Armallita
A mexican bullfighter eds.
Ortega
Domingo
Ortega
Ortega, Domingo
bullfighter; Laura Riding's 'special hero' R.P.G.
Loyard
Sidonie
Mme Loyard
Loyard, Madame
woman from Montaubon, worked for RG & LR at La Chevrie eds.
Caro
Curro
Curro Caro
Caro, Curro
bullfighter from Madrid eds.
Cochran
C.B.
Cochran
Cochran, C. B.
Director of musical revues in London: RG's daughter Jenny performed as a chorus-girl in his "Follow the Sun" and "Midnight Laughter". (RPG 252-53) eds
Pedro or Catalina
Tio/Don Pedro & Tia/Doña Catalina
Pedro or Catalina
Cousins of Gelat from Madrid; RG refers to them interchangeably as Don or Doña and Tio/a, meaning uncle or aunt eds.
Castañer
Castañer
? Owner of a large house in the Clot. Worked in Palma? WG
Barceló
General Barceló
Barceló, General
Spent summers at Son Bauzá. WG
Francisca
Francisca
Francisca
maid at Canelluñ hired May 25, 1936 eds.
Aldridge
John Arthur Malcolm
Aldridge
Aldridge, John
(1905-1983), painter and close friend and collaborator. WG m. to Lucie Brown 1940 eds.
Brown
(Cecilia) Lucie (Leeds)
Lucie
Brown, Lucie
Married artist John Aldridge. eds.
Eliot
Thomas Stearns
T.S. Eliot
Eliot, T.S.
Major 20th century poet; dramatist, essayist, critic.
b. Missouri, U.S.A. in 1888. Became a British subject. Director of Faber and Faber, which published some works by Robert Graves. Corresponded with R.G. d. 1965. eds.
Boi
Sebastian
"Boi"
Boi, Sebastian
The "torpe." Slightly half witted. WG
Krassnigg
Reinhold
Krasnik
Krassnigg
Austrian Deyá resident. W.G. Austrian painter: his wife's name was Pauline. K.G.
Goldschmidt
Karl
Karl/Carl
Goldschmidt, Karl
Karl Goldschmidt, later Kenneth Gay: Graphic artist, friend and secretary of Robert Graves and Laura Riding since 1934. R. G. spells both as Carl and Karl.
Strenge
Emmi
Strenge
Strenge, Frau Emmi
Schwarz's house keeper and ? mistress. WG
Macdonald
Proxy
Proxy
Macdonald, Proxy
Living in DeyǰHad a sister. eds.
Allen
J.B.
Allen
Allen, J.B.
London tailor KG
Catalina
Catalina
Catalina
Cook from Palma employed by RG and LR; worked with Margarita, the chambermaid. W.G., eds.
Fidevera
Maria
Maria Fidevera
Fidevera, Maria
? the washing woman. Married to Jeronimo. W.G.; daughter Juana K.G.
Short
Short
Short
Shipping agent and operator of a lending library in Palma. K.G.
Graves
Samuel
Sam
Graves, Samuel
R.G.'s youngest child by Nancy Nicholson. C.P.& WG
Mateu
Margarita
Margarita Mateu
Mateu, Margarita
Antique dealer, mostly jewellery, in Palma. WG
Casas
Casas
Casas
Antique dealer in Palma. WG
Rosenbach
Abraham
Simon
Wolf
Rosenbach, A. S. W.
(1876-1952) American scholar, bookseller, and rare book collector.
Lawrence
T.E.
T.E.
Lawrence, T. E.
'Lawrence of Arabia.' Met Robert in Oxford in the early twenties. Made Robert his biographer and had him write "Lawrence and the Arabs." WG
Canpusevé
Pedro
Pedro
Canpusevé, Pedro
Involved in the Deyá water rights dispute. eds.
Secretario
Secretario
a Deyánese municipal title used by Graves eds.
Vives
Antonio
Médico
Vives, Antonio Dr.
The village doctor (Deyá). At odds with Gelat (water rights controversy). His brother, Juan Vives, was Gelat's son-in-law. WG
Mas
Anita
Anita
Mas, Anita
Gelat's daughter-in-law, married to Juan Mas. WG
Mas
Juan Marroig
Juan
Mas, Juan Marroig
Usually refers to Gelat's son, sometimes to Gelat himself. WG
Salas
José
Pepe
Salas, José
Master builder. Built Canellun. Pepe is a diminutive of José. WG
Harry Kemp
Kemp, Harry
Poet. Met Graves and Riding through James Reeves in August 1936, just after their arrival in England. In their previous correspondence, Riding had been intrigued by his falling-out with Communism. He became associated with their circle, collaborating on various projects. (RPG 248-49)
Cooke
Harold
Cooke
Cooke, Harold
stamp collector and resource for Antigua, Penny, Puce; author (Oxford database) Harold Percy Cooke? eds.
Rosa
Rosa
Rosa
Dress maker. Also made cushions, seat covers, etc. WG
Murciana
Maria
Maria
Murciana, Maria
Member of a Murcian immigrant family [check]. WG
Martina
Catalina
Catalina
Catalina
Domestic help. Called in for white-washing, etc. WG
Nicholson
Jenny
Jenny
Nicholson, Jenny
Jenny Nicholson: oldest daughter of Robert by Nancy Nicholson.
McCormack
Walter; Violet; Betty; Jennifer
McCormacks
McCormack, Walter & Violet
Tenants of Ca'n Torrent. Had two daughters: Jennifer, a dancer, & Betty. Continued their friendship with Robert and Laura in England. eds.
Graves
Robert
Graves, Robert
Author of the diary.
Graves
Beryl A.
Graves, Beryl A.
Second wife of Robert Graves. Transcribed the diary entries and register of letters written (hereafter, logs) from
a photocopy of the manuscript, and these 53 monthly MS Dos, ASCII files, dated 01/01/83 were sent to Chris Petter by
The Robert Graves Trust on floppy disc in 1996.
Goldschmidt
Karl
Goldschmidt, Karl
Karl Goldschmidt, d.1995, who later changed his name to Kenneth Gay,
was Robert Graves' and Laura Riding's personal secretary during the period when the diary was written. He later annotated
another printout of the diary produced from the B.A. Graves transcript, which is at the Graves Trust Archives in St. John's Oxford.
Notes by Karl Goldschmidt are denoted as KG.
Graves
William
Graves, William
Son of Robert and Beryl Graves. Helped to identify names, places and titles in Deya (1935-1936)
and with translations and other references in three ways. He left an annotated printout of the first six months of the diary in the Graves Trust
Room at St. John's College, Oxford. He also sent Chris Petter an Excel file with a list identifying names and places, principally
in the Majorcan sections of the diary, and a glossary of Spanish terms. Finally he has sent the editors answers in response to reference questions.
Notes by William Graves are identified with the initials WG.
Petter
Chris G.
Petter, Chris G.
Project manager of text encoding and annotation.
Estanco
Estanco
Local Tobacconist, a general shop KG
Jonathan Cape Ltd.
Cape
Jonathan
Cape
Jonathan Cape
London publisher of Lawrence and the Arabs, Good-Bye to All That, No Decency Left, etc. eds.
Harrison Smith and Robert Haas
Harrison Smith
R.G.'s American publisher for I, Claudius and Claudius the God. eds.
Albatross Modern Continental Library
Albatross
Albatross
pub'd by British John Holroy-Rece and German Kurt Enoch eds.; German pocket-books K.G.
A.S. Watt & Son, Ltd.
Watt
Watt, A.S.
RG's literary agent: first mentioned in November, 1935; team includes: Alexander Strahan Watt, and W.P. Watt et al, who may have handled different aspects of Graves' extensive European publishing and distribution. The firm replaced Eric Pinker. K.G. When did Pinker go, and why? KG
Maggs Bros.
Maggs
Maggs
Maggs Bros.
Auction house and antiquarian booksellers K.G.
Constable & Co., Ltd.
Constable
Constable
Constable Publishers. Arranged with them to print and distribute Seizin Press Epilogue and books. WG
Editors
Editors of the Graves Diary Project.
Antigua Penny Puce
Graves, Robert
Deyá & London
Seizin & Constable
A46
1936
To Disown the Once Written [poem; becomes To Disown the Records, then Birthday. Not traced. Apparently not published. D.W.]
Graves, Robert
1936-07-15
Epilogue II
Riding, Laura & Graves, Robert
Deyá & London
Seizin & Constable
B24
1936
Observer, the
London
1791-
Davy Jones
Hillgarth, Alan
London
Ivor Nicholson & Watson
1936
Old Soldier Sahib
Richards, Frank
Graves, Robert
London, New York
Faber & Faber; Harrison Smith & Robert Haas
A44
1936
Trojan Ending, A [novel]
Riding, Laura
Deyá & London
Seizin & Constable
1937
Drama
Epilogue III
Riding, Laura/ Hodge, Alan/ Graves, Robert
Riding, Laura
Deyá & London
Seizin & Constable
193-226
1937
Epilogue III
Riding, Laura/ Graves, Robert
Deyá & London
Seizin & Constable
1937
The Naval Officer [Review of A. Hillgarth's Davy Jones]
Observer, The
Graves, Robert
London
C291.7
1936-06-28
Politics and Poetry [essay]
Epilogue III
Riding, Laura/ Graves, Robert/ Kemp, Harry/ Hodge, Alan/ Vara, Madeleine
Riding, Laura
Deyá & London
Seizin & Constable
6-53
1937
T.E. Lawrence to His Biographer
Lawrence, T.E.
Graves, Robert
New York
Doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc.
A49
1938
Left Review, The
Writers' International
London
F. Cass
1934-1938
Lawrence and the Arabs
Graves, Robert
London
Jonathon Cape
A26
1927
Schools [an international survey of education]
Graves, Robert; Riding, Laura
Riding, Laura
Old Soldiers Never Die
Richards, Frank
Graves, Robert
London
Faber & Faber
A41
1933
Almost Forgotten Germany [Almost Forgotten Times]
Schwarz, Georg
Trans. Graves, Robert/ Riding, Laura
Deyá & London
Seizin & Constable
A45
1936
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Sirocco
South easterly wind. Used generically for all southerly winds which eddy on the leeward side of the Teix mountains above Deya. WG
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boira
Mist. WG