July 7 Tuesday.

Going over Antigua all day with Laura and until 1 at night, except for short visi[RG] walk to village.
×××× [indecipherable] Catalina & M.M. whitewashing my room.
Cut my hand open while ×××× [indecipherable] correcting Solomon1 for scratching at net doors.
Bartolome building up the carved-stone wall.
Mention of us in Daily Chronicle makes Lena's Bar impossible henceforth.

Editorial Notes

1Graves' dog eds.

Hands Referenced

    • Annotation: ink correction
    • Character: regular
    • Ink: black

Places Mentioned

  • Lena's Bar

    Palma, Majorca, Sp
    LR and RG sometimes ate here while in Palma on shopping or business trips. eds.

People Mentioned

  • Bartolomé

    Bartolomé
    The mason. WG

  • Laura

    Riding, Laura
    (1901-91) American poet. Laura Riding (née Reichenthal; then Laura Gottschalk).

  • Catalina

    Catalina
    Domestic help. Called in for white-washing, etc. WG

  • Maria

    Murciana, Maria
    Member of a Murcian immigrant family [check]. WG

Bibliography

    • Title: Antigua Penny Puce
    • Author: Graves, Robert
    • PubPlace: Deyá & London
    • Publisher: Seizin & Constable
    • Idno: A46
    • Date: 1936
    • Title: Daily Chronicle/ Dia
    • PubPlace: Palma, Majorca
    • Date: 1935-1936