March 17 Thursday

Jaw better. Laura slept till [until] 1.
Finished L.H proofs – extremely laborious job.
Honor & Alan & Laura working on Peace play.
Cummings1 sent collected poems.
Solace2 surrounded by cats
Chamberlain Govt [Government] about to fall, it is rumoured.
Honor stayed the night.

Editorial Notes

1e.e. cummings KG
2Graves' cat eds.

Hands Referenced

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).

  • Laura

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

  • Alan

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

  • 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.

  • Chamberlain

    Chamberlain, Neville
    (1869-1940) British Prime Minister in the 1930s; m. to Anne Chamberlain née Cole eds.