Feb 8 Saturday.
Page from Robert Graves diary manuscript. The diary includes 1,546 pages with 117 enclosures: letters, clippings, photographs post cards, notes, games.
- In Collection:
- 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-1-352
- Special Collection finding aid: https://search.archives.uvic.ca/robert-graves-collection
- Robert Graves Diary project URL: http://graves.uvic.ca/diary_1936-02-08.html
- July 19, 2002
- Feb 8 Saturday. Bitterly cold wind. Completed 1st Chapter of Antigua . Rosa came Mr Richmond came trying to sell the antiques & furniture at the cottage at Biniaraix, & suggesting the McCormack's car on Wednesday. While he went to Salerosa by road I ran down the valley & up & beat him by five minutes, explaining the case to Mrs M. who said “But Mrs R is coming to live in that house with her sister in 2 weeks time!” She asked R. if when he came if Mrs R knew. He said no. So she called him a cad & said she wouldn't take anything from the house if he gave it to her.(R. did not know I had been there) & on his way back said that it was off because Mrs. M was aware of his difference with his wife). Pruned the syringa at the Posada. Nicholas & Hecate in adolescent & ineffectual love.
- 300 dpi TIFF. Migration metadata by MT.
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