May 29th Wednesday.
Page from Robert Graves diary manuscript. The diary includes 1,546 pages with 117 enclosures: letters, clippings, photographs post cards, notes, games.
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- 1 page : 12 x 19.5 cm or smaller
- The diary is written on quarto sheets, folded horizontally to form octavo booklets, one recto page devoted to each day.
- Robert Graves Diary, 1935-1939
- Accession Number: 1969-003, Item: Gr-1-97
- Robert Graves Diary project URL: http://graves.uvic.ca/diary_1935-05-29.html
- Special Collection finding aid: https://search.archives.uvic.ca/robert-graves-collection
- July 19, 2002
- May 29th Wednesday. First really fine day for a month. Went into Palma at 8 o'clock, Laura , Carl & I, because Gelat had a secret: it turned out that he had swapped the old Chandler 9 years old & the Donet (worn out) for a nearly brand-new Hupmobile + 3000 pesetas. We came back in it. Exchanged new ladle for old + 5 pesetas. Bought rope-girdle for myself & Waterman fountain pen (36 pesetas). For the Mesquida (at Nell) a 20 [year] old flower-painted tray. A shell necklace for Honor (8 pesetas) & ring with emeralds (25 pesetas). Socks etc for Gordon. Black & gold stuff for shirt for me. (Carl, stuff for 5 shirts) Gelat appeared with key of Posada. The Cura had been shocked to find that he didn't get the 150 pesetas himself but begged the lawyer that nobody should know. Gelat told us of his challenge to the médico to a personal duel. The médico did not leave his house that day. His relations extorted a promise from him that he would leave Gelat alone, if Gelat did nothing further. Gelat said he had said “ Guardias or no guardias, judge or no judge, either you or I or, perhaps both, will go (to) the cementario .” & “I'd have run him down with the camión – you know how easily these things happen.” Bought myself 5 pairs of alpargatas (1 red, 1 blue, 1 yellow, 2 white) May 29th Continued. We came back. Went to see the Posada with Honor & Gordon & Mary. Everyone delighted. Honor said “The nicest house in Deyá.” Gelat said: “ Viña Vieja furniture will be at your disposal soon, because it is to be rented unfurnished.” Gelat is also going probably to rent half Fábrica as a café etc. To Margarita's. I to see turbines – deposito now completed. Schwarz with knee with water on. Letter from Harrison. 6 weeks sales about 10,000: reckon that 3 months will be 16,000 and 2000 I,Claudius . Late visit to give Honor emerald ring: and then ( Laura & I) at 10 pm to see the turbines working.
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