Nov 18 Thursday.

Today we finally settled in.
¼ p [page] Belisarius. Tea with Harry & Alix in their Victorian Gothic flat. Honor to supper & Alan: talked over the End of World play, each making suggestions.
My bed came.
Completed, finally, my solitaire-marble set with Alan's help: from the dirty old man in East Street.
Dent's may take the dictionary.
Undertook to deliver Belisarius to Random House by end of Jan. [January]

Hands Referenced

Places Mentioned

  • East St.

    London, England

People Mentioned

  • 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).

  • Alan

    Hodge, Alan
    Oxford history graduate. Became close friends with LR & RG. First husband of Beryl Graves. CP & WG

  • Alix Kemp

    Kemp, Alix
    Married to poet Harry Kemp. The couple shared a house with Graves and Riding in Ewhurst, Surrey (1937). eds (RPG 277); also referred to as Frau Eierman by RG eds. see Diary August 30, 1936

  • 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)

Organizations Mentioned

  • Random House

    American publishers (New York) eds.

  • J.M. Dent & Sons

    Dent, J.M.
    Publishing house founded in 1888 and absorbed by Nicholson in 1988 eds.

Bibliography

    • Title: Count Belisarius [1938]
    • Author: Graves, Robert
    • PubPlace: London
    • Publisher: Cassell
    • Idno: A47
    • Date: 1937-07-21
    • Title: Dictionary [projected project; unfinished]
    • Author: Riding, Laura
    • Date: 1935