Oct 1 Saturday

Swiss Ghost, Dictionary.
Alan dropped the bucket down the well & Léonie fished it up with hook and rake.
(Germans enter Sudetenland1 and English gradually begin to realize that they have been sold.)
Madame Boutier brought back the wash – exactly a fortnight overdue.

Editorial Notes

1Czechoslovakia eds.

Hands Referenced

People Mentioned

  • Alan

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

  • Leonie

    Léonie
    servant at La Chevrie eds.

  • Mme Boutier

    Boutier, Madam
    washer woman hired by RG & LR at La Chevrie, 1938 eds.

Bibliography

    • Title: The Swiss Ghost [formerly The Kind Ghost] [novel]
    • Author: Graves, Robert/ Riding, Laura
    • Date: 1937-04-22
    • Title: Dictionary [projected project; unfinished]
    • Author: Riding, Laura
    • Date: 1935