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IRichmonds, theTSE's alcholic weekend with;a2 am feeling rather liverish and headachy tonight, perhaps in consequence of the weekend – drinking wine for dinner every night, or possibly a change of water – and two rather tiring days – thisJaneses, the;a3 morning I had to go to see the Janes’s andEliot, Vivien (TSE's first wife, née Haigh-Wood)separation from;f1efforts to retrieve TSE's property;c5 this afternoon make the final arrangements for the serving of my summons – andSpender, Stephen;a7 yesterday had Stephen Spender to lunch andDavies, Hugh Sykes;a3 to-day Sykes Davies – and the weather is definitely wintry and dark, like a very mild winter day. I hope that the sunshine has persevered longer with you, for a spell of our real winter as a foretaste will make you anxious to leave for the South.
TheEnglandWinchelsea, East Sussex;k2visited;a1 weekend very pleasant however, with visits to Winchelsea and Bodiam Castle, and tea on Sunday with the owners of a very picturesque place, Scotney Castle in Kent. IEnglandSussex;j5commended to EH;a1 wish that you might see something of Sussex, next spring perhaps, or will you be going to Chichester after all. Winchelsea you should certainly see.
IfMcPherrin, Jeanetteand her first London visit;a6 youJohnston, DenisThe Moon in the Yellow River;a2 andWestminster Theatre, The, LondonThe Moon in the Yellow River;a1 Miss McPherrin intend to go to the theatre while in town, I had had ‘The Moon in the Yellow River’ very strongly recommended to me by reliable people.1 It is probably the best thing on. Iftravels, trips and plansEH's 1934–5 year in Europe;b4VHE and propriety inhibit pre-Paris arrangements;b6 I have not pressed my company upon you for your coming visit, it is not out of peevishness. The important thing – if you are to spend a little more time in London on your return from Paris – is that Miss McPherrin should enjoy her first visit, and three is a difficult number. I would find a young man to make up a theatre party, butEliot, Vivien (TSE's first wife, née Haigh-Wood)such that he forgoes the theatre;d6 I do not think it wise to go to the theatre except with people who already know V. and could deal with the situation if she were there, or else with people with whom it wouldn’t matter; and I don’t want to expose you to the risk. It is perhaps difficult to make you see the reality of this consideration. And I think that unless I could offer some such special occasion as a theatre party, Miss McPherrin would enjoy her visit much more alone with you. I should love to do anything that was useful; and I should be most flattered if you would consider me for the moment just as a convenience, and let me know either that I was not required at all, or else what would be acceptable, in the way of a teaparty, lunch, or what not to fill in.
Itravels, trips and plansEH's 1934–5 year in Europe;b4EH's continental itinerary;b3 should be grateful for knowledge of your future plans. OnItalyRome;b3not a museum;a1 the whole I think Rome is the best place, if you will be able to regard it as the Capital of the living World, and not as an Art Museum. WouldCaetani, Marguerite (née Chapin);a6 you be disposed to go to tea with Marguerite while in Paris, if I find that she is there (she should be at this period, but I haven’t heard from her lately). I should like you to know her in Rome, and I should be pleased if you met her first in Paris. (ButBooth-Wilbraham, Lady Constance AdaMarguerite Caetani in mourning for;a1 her mother in law died a short time ago, the Duchess of Sermoneta, who was English,2 and that may have affected her plans; Italians would be punctilious about mourning, and she may be in Italy). It might also be pleasant for Miss McPherrin to know more people in Paris.
MissEyre, Mary B.;b2 Eyre has asked me to convey to you her address, in case you came to Paris. It is: American Women’s University Club, 3 rue de Chevreuse, 6me. I shall NOT tell her that you are coming, and I have not mentioned Miss McPherrin to her, so you neither of you will need to let her know you are there if you don’t want to.
I shall be at home over the weekend, with no engagements then or during the first part of next week; andEnglandLeeds, Yorkshire;g5TSE lectures in;a1 with nothing to do except to write a paper to deliver at Leeds the following week, and to think of what I am to say at the Housing Meeting.
ThereMorrell, Lady Ottoline;d6 are some people whom I do want you to meet before you leave for good. I saw Ottoline on Thursday; andHuxleys, theTSE's wish that EH meet;a2 the Aldous Huxleys are to be in London for the whole winter.
Miss Eyre has a woolly mind.
I must write to thank the Perkins’s for their birthday greetings which gave me much pleasure.
1.Denis Johnston’s The Moon in the Yellow River (1931) played at the Westminster Theatre, 24 Sept.–6 Oct.
2.MargueriteBooth-Wilbraham, Lady Constance Ada Caetani’s mother-in-law was Lady Constance Ada Constance Bootle-Wilbraham (1846–1934), fourth daughter of the Hon. Colonel Edward Bootle-Wilbraham (second son of the first Baron Skelmersdale).
2.MargueriteBooth-Wilbraham, Lady Constance Ada Caetani’s mother-in-law was Lady Constance Ada Constance Bootle-Wilbraham (1846–1934), fourth daughter of the Hon. Colonel Edward Bootle-Wilbraham (second son of the first Baron Skelmersdale).
4.MargueriteCaetani, Marguerite (née Chapin) Caetani, née Chapin (1880–1963) – Princesse di Bassiano – literary patron and editor: see Biographical Register. LéliaCaetani, Lélia Caetani (1913–77), sole daughter, was to marry Hubert Howard (1908–87), a scion of the English Catholic House of Howard, who worked to preserve the Caetani heritage at Rome and at the castle of Sermoneta.
1.HughDavies, Hugh Sykes Sykes Davies (1909–84), author and critic; Fellow of St John’s College, Cambridge: see Biographical Register
3.MaryEyre, Mary B. B. Eyre, Professor of Psychology, lived in a pretty frame house on College Avenue, Claremont, where TSE stayed during his visit to EH at Scripps College.
2.JeanetteMcPherrin, Jeanette McPherrin (1911–92), postgraduate student at Scripps College; friend of EH: see Biographical Register.
4.LadyMorrell, Lady Ottoline Ottoline Morrell (1873–1938), hostess and patron: see Biographical Register.
12.Stephen SpenderSpender, Stephen (1909–95), poet and critic: see Biographical Register.