Dec 4 Wednesday
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-1-286
- Robert Graves Diary project URL: http://graves.uvic.ca/diary_1935-12-04.html
- Special Collection finding aid: https://search.archives.uvic.ca/robert-graves-collection
- July 19, 2002
- Dec 4 Wednesday Palma after morning on T.E. Took Focus in: at 3 o'clock. Then To Fronton Balear to see Pelota . Betted on Red & lost ( Cantarrabia Cantabria & Loyola). Then to Triana where by going out early I did not see desnudismo which Laura James and Karl said was rather horrible. (Had done shopping at Margarita Mateu's, various small gifts — needle case for Gordon, silver rattle-whistle & gipo for Julian, painted tray for John, table centre & binding for Maisie, frame for James. Also mirror frame for James at Casas 80 p. & some 1840ishengravings 5 pesetas for 15. Handkerchiefs for James, silk stockings for Laura, tie pin for Karl (30 [pts.]) gold pendant for Maisie with red and green flowers (50 p[ts].) & diamond buttons to be converted into earrings for Laura (flat-cut 1790ish) for 300 p[ts].[)] My gold watch repaired. Also bought towels. Laura reading Richards . Back at 2:30 a.m. Hot bottle leaked, had to sleep in my workroom. Slept till 12.
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