Sept 22 Thursday

A letter at last from Honor in hospital with a curettage [sic: curetage]1.
Alan & Beryl went to Rennes to get money.
(This is the day of Chamberlain's grotesque visit to Godesburg2 and resignation of Czeck [sic: Tcheque] cabinet; and Negrin3's decision to recall[RG] remove foreign volunteers.)
Dictionary and I wrote notes to Laura's novel-writing notes.

Editorial Notes

1medical procedure involving uteral scraping eds.
2Godesberg, Germany; South-East of Bonn eds.
3Juan Negrin,(1892-1956), Spanish Minister of Defense eds.

Hands Referenced

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

Places Mentioned

  • Rennes

    Rennes, France
    where Gelat's daughter, Anita, and son-in-law, Juan Vives live; visited by RG and LR et al in 1938 eds.

People Mentioned

  • Beryl

    Pritchard, Beryl
    daughter of Harry and Amy Pritchard, R.G.'s second wife. Formerly married to Alan Hodge. Robert and Beryl had four children: William, Lucia, Juan and Tomas. eds

  • 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

  • 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).

  • Chamberlain

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

Bibliography

    • Title: Dictionary [projected project; unfinished]
    • Author: Riding, Laura
    • Date: 1935