Ap 1 Saturday

Leonie & I poisson d'Avriled1 each other. She told me I had something hanging out, I told her that it was really Friday – too early to wash out the kitchen.
Nono2 smelling plum blossom on the red tiled top of the peach-wall in the garden: against blue sky watched by Beryl & me. Then the others came out & Dolores photographed him at his window.
Alan Joän and I went to village: got involved in Russian [sic: russian] billiards with the American

Editorial Notes

1April Fool's prank eds.
2cat eds.

Hands Referenced

People Mentioned

  • Leonie

    Léonie
    servant at La Chevrie eds.

  • 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

  • Dolores

    Junyer, Delores
    m. to Joän Junyer eds

  • Alan

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

  • Joän

    Junyer, Joän
    Nephew of Sebastian Junyer. Also a good painter. W.G.; Deaf-mute Catalan painter, ex-pupil of Picasso's, who lived in his uncle's house in Lluch Alcari [Llucalcari]. K.G.; introduced Ward and Dorothy Hutchinson to RG & LR in 1935 eds.