3rd January, 1936. Enclosure – Letter to RG from David M. Mitchell
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-1-347
- Special Collection finding aid: https://uvic2.coppul.archivematica.org/robert-graves-collection
- Robert Graves Diary project URL: http://graves.uvic.ca/diary_1936-02-03_01_enc.html
- July 19, 2002
- Enclosure – Letter to RG from David M. Mitchell Hotel Costa D'Or Lluch-Alcari (Deyá) Mallorca España 3rd January, 1936 Robert Graves, Esquire, Deya, Mallorca. Dear Mr. Graves, You were, at Oxford Islik on the occasion that you do not recall, and recently when you called on me at the fonda here, very kind to me and that is why I am writing you now although I know you do not wish to have any more to do with the foreign colony in Deya than you can help, in order to be able to get on with your very significant literary work. It is of course up to me to respect your wishes in the matter by leaving you alone now that I have decided to live for some considerable time in Deya, but there is one thing which will be rather awkward for me unless I clear it up. That is the question of whether when we meet, as we are bound to do in such a small place and have done twice already, we are going to recognize each other. I am quite prepared to respect your wishes in this matter also: I just want to know one way or the other; and I am affraid that you may already think I have deliberately ignored you, thus repaying with rudeness your kindness. We have met twice since you came to see me at the fonda, once in the little café opposite the post office and once, last night, at the café deportive. The first time I thought that you deliberately did not notice me, and for this reason I did the same thing last night to you; but it has since occurred to me that perhaps you did not recognize me in the imperfect light of the little café, when I was too diffident to speak to you at first and only tried to catch your eye. I shall do whatever you wish in the matter. I think you are a genius, and that you are quite right to put your work first; but I find the present uncertain position very embarassing, and would like to end it. Yours sincerely, David M. Mitchell
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