[Stamford HouseHale, Emilyat Chipping Campden;l9, Chipping Campden]
I had my first evening at home last night, but was too tired to attempt anything but a few business notes. AfterHayward, Johnhonoured at F&F;j3 the business of the committee, John Hayward arrived to be shown over the premises and to be introduced to some of the staff, followedNoctes Binanianaepresented to JDH;a1 by sherry and the presentation by him to the Chairman of a privately printed volume of verses exchanged between some of us on several occasions.1 TuesdaySmith, Theodora ('Dodo') Eliot (TSE's niece)and Marion's 1939 visit to England;c1taken to Dulwich;a5 was tiring, but satisfactory: aEliot, Marion Cushing (TSE's sister)1939 summer in England with Dodo;d3taken to Dulwich;a8 goodEnglandLondon;h1Dulwich revisited with family;d3 day for Dulwich, which I think they enjoyed, as much the curious charm of the village as the paintings, with lunch at the tea room which you will remember; thenMorley, Frank Vigortaken to tea with Woolfs;i5 backWoolfs, the;d6 to take Morley to tea with the Woolfs, andSmith, Theodora ('Dodo') Eliot (TSE's niece)and Marion's 1939 visit to England;c1taken to ballet and dinner;a6 backEliot, Marion Cushing (TSE's sister)1939 summer in England with Dodo;d3ballet and dinner with;a9 to dress for dinner and a very good ballet – three ballets all of which were new to me, and the ‘Coq d’Or’ especially agreeable in its décor and pageantry.2 Tonight I dine with them at their hotel, tomorrowWaterlow, Sydney;a4 with Sidney Waterlow, andUniversity of Leedsconfers honorary degree on TSE;a1 SaturdayDobrées, thevisited in Leeds;b1Dobrée, Bonamy
You say nothing in your welcome letter received this morning, of confirmation of the tentative dates – thoughtravels, trips and plansEH's 1939 England visit;d5TSE's 7–20 July Campden visit;a7 by implication I understand that I shall be expected on the 7th, and very impatient I am for that date to arrive. IFabers, the1939 summer holiday with;e5 shouldtravels, trips and plansEH's 1939 England visit;d5TSE's 22–30 August Campden visit;a8 like to get the second visit arranged before I come, sotravels, trips and plansTSE's 1939 Faber summer holiday;d6;a1 as to be able to fix with the Fabers, who would like me to come for the preceding week – which suits us both very well, I think: I know that I prefer to be proceeding from Wales to Campden, rather than vice versa. It is very odd (as well as natural) even to think of you as now at Campden. I wish the weather were better for you, but it is more important that there should be some warm starry evening for the garden after I arrive.
Lasttravels, trips and plansEH's 1939 England visit;d5EH's initial London stay;a6 week is more satisfactory in retrospect than it was at the time: one can balance one moment against another; Osterley will always be a happy memory, and the few minutes the final evening cast a glow over everything that preceded. That was the first really restful and serene moment. But we shall have a happier time next week. IPerkinses, the;i8 am glad of your news of the Perkins’s; and I hope that Mrs. Perkins will bet [sc. get] more repose.
I shall try to write again before I go.
The address is c/o Dobrée, Southbank, Collingham, Leeds.
1.NoctesNoctes Binanianae;a2n Binanianae: Certain Voluntary and Satyrical Verses and Compliments as were lately Exchang’d between some of the Choicest Wits of the Age – light verses by TSE, Geoffrey Faber, Frank Morley and John Hayward – was privately printed (25 copies only). TSE’s contributions to this volume are included in Poems II.
2.The triple bill at the Royal Opera House, 27 June, comprised: Jeuz d’Enfants, Le Fils Prodigue, Le Coq d’Or.
1.Marian/MarionEliot, Marion Cushing (TSE's sister) Cushing Eliot (1877–1964), fourth child of Henry Ware Eliot and Charlotte Eliot: see Biographical Register.
11.JohnHayward, John Davy Hayward (1905–65), editor and critic: see Biographical Register.
4.FrankMorley, Frank Vigor Vigor Morley (1899–1980), American publisher and author; a founding editor of F&F, 1929–39: see Biographical Register.
2.TheodoraSmith, Theodora ('Dodo') Eliot (TSE's niece) Eliot Smith (1904–92) – ‘Dodo’ – daughter of George Lawrence and Charlotte E. Smith: see Biographical Register. Theodora’sSmith, Charlotte ('Chardy') Stearns (TSE's niece) sister was Charlotte Stearns Smith (b. 1911), known as ‘Chardy’.
3.SydneyWaterlow, Sydney Waterlow, KCMG (1878–1944) joined the diplomatic service in 1900 and served as attaché and third secretary in Washington. TSE met him in 1915, when Waterlow invited him to review for the International Journal of Ethics (Waterlow was a member of the editorial committee). In 1919 Waterlow served at the Paris Peace Conference (helping to negotiate the Treaty of Versailles), and in 1920 he was re-appointed to the Foreign Office, later serving as Minister to Bangkok, 1926–8; Sofia, 1929–33; Athens, 1933–9. See further Sarah M. Head, Before Leonard: The Early Suitors of Virginia Woolf (2006).