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Bruce went mad
 . . . 6.11.68
What you really
 . . . ABC, 25.1.83
Following their passion
 . . .
AOR
, 91
other forms of
 . . . BC to CW, 8.12.69
Mr Chatwin, an anthropologist
 . . . Foreword to
Art from East to West
, Bruce Chatwin, Emma Bunker, Ann Farkas (Asia Society, 1970)
pretty pretentious, but not bad
 . . . BC to NS, June 1987
He seemed to . . . my roots
 . . . Box 11
At present I
 . . . BC to CW, 1.2.69
the whole basis
 . . .
AOR
, 83
The idea is emerging
 . . . DR to TM, 26.2.69
I do just want
 . . . TM to BC, 13.3.69
What exactly is
 . . . DM to TM, ND April 1969
The first will
 . . . BC to TM, 12.5.69
As I said
 . . . TM to DR, 2.5.69
The argument, roughly
 . . .
AOR
, 12
a nebulous no-man
 . . . Box 31
It was so much
 . . . BC to NS
It was so much
 . . . BC to NS
His interest became
 . . . Ifan Kyrle Fletcher, “Ronald Firbank: A Memoir’, London 1930, reprinted as pp. 3–56 of Mervyn Horder (ed.)
Ronald Firbank: Memoirs and Critiques
(Duckworth, 1977)
the kind of topographical
 . . . PL proposal, ND, Burns Library
Peter Levi is
 . . . EC to GC, 4.6.69
I’ve never felt
 . . . BC to GC, 4.10.67
Christie’s are crazy
 . . . EC to GC, 6.11.68
He found the pair
 . . . 25.9.67
for which he
 . . . 30.6.68
I hate having
 . . . 21.4.68
Where is the face
 . . . BC to CT
They are, if the
 . . . Box 35
The Times
 . . . 5.8.71
No spectacle
 . . . BC to JI, 12.8.71
odd little incident
 . . .
The Light Garden of the Angel King
(Collins, 1972), 36
A refreshing spot
 . . . 7.7.69, Box 35
We looked and
 . . .
LGAK
, 63
the moment of sitting
 . . . Box 35
A Crested lark
 . . . Box 35
It will be obvious
 . . .
LGAK
, 15
drove me wild
 . . . BC to EC, 14.9.72
Peter is being
 . . . Box 35
It was one
 . . . BC to NS
I declared loftily
 . . .
LGAK
, 133
Bruce had miled
 . . .
LGAK
, 72
small, elfin, mischievous
 . . . Box 35
I am always moved
 . . . Box 30
Officer in Charge
 . . . Box 35
an ecstatic dance
 . . . Box 35
One cannot adequately
 . . . Box 30
Bruce has been
 . . . PL journal
The main question
 . . . Box 35
The book would
 . . . Box 30
I am in a mood
 . . . Box 35
PL is really
 . . . BC to EC, 14.9.72
in high dugeon
 . . . BC to JI, 12.8.71
There comes a point
 . . . Box 35
Anyone who thinks
 . . .
LGAK
, 133
Better a quail
 . . .
LGAK
, 158
Elizabeth and I
 . . . Box 35
XIX: Distractions
 
HOME IS A PERVERSION
 . . . BC notebooks, Box 41
He hates this place
 . . . EC to GC, 3.1.73
the most beautiful
 . . . BC to JI, 21.5.70
Lunch in Llandovery
 . . . 14.12.69, Box 34
When it miawoed
 . . .
VOO
What do you do?
 . . . BC to EC, 1.12.70
Last night we
 . . . BC to EC, ND, December 1970
I’ve never seen
 . . . EC to GC,
One’s thirtieth year
 . . . BC to EC, ND [December?] 1970
Some fatuous person
 . . . BC to CT
12 Dec 1969
 . . . Box 34
I have always
 . . .
WAIDH
, 366
It’s like the
 . . .
SL
, 310
They are the greatest storytellers
 . . . Box 41
a people obsessed
 . . . Box 41.
Nomads of today
 . . .
NA
, Box 12
It’s a very great
 . . . SH, Adelaide, March 1984
Oh God, when
 . . . BC to EC
Very interesting the
 . . . BC to PL, December 1969
I must write that
 . . . Box 35
that wretched book
 . . . EC to GC, 1.9.72
Penelope seems to
 . . . BC to EC, 16.11.70
Also you’d better
 . . . BC to EC, 30.6.70
Offer finally accepted
 . . . BC to PLF, 1.10.70
I make no promises
 . . . BC to EC, 22.10.70
The winter was hard
 . . .
OTBH
, 31
It lay on a sunless
 . . .
OTBH
, 16
the wide staring
 . . . Diary, Box 34, 13.12.69
Frankly, I thought
 . . . BC to EC, 22.10.70
I am going to exercise
 . . . BC to EC, 6.11.70
The anniversary of your
 . . . BC to EC, 15.11.70
It has caught the nerve
 . . . BC to EC, 2.1.71
a slightly guilty complex
 . . . BC to EC, 2.1.71
I don’t know what
 . . . BC to EC, 3.12.70
long-eared bats
 . . . BC to EC, 22.10.70
professional snivellers
 . . . BC to EC, 22.10.70
She really is quite awful
 . . . BC to EC, 11.12.70
We simply cannot
 . . . BC to EC, 28.10.70
Imagine my horror
 . . . BC to EC, 5.11.70
In spite of my screamings
 . . . BC to EC, 2.1.71
very nearly finished
 . . . BC to EC, 11.12.70
I have caught worms
 . . . BC to EC, 28.10.70
I couldn’t sit
 . . . BC to EC, 2.1.71
Linda and I both
 . . . BC to EC, 24.11.70
I am quite decided
 . . . BC to EC, 2.1.71
Doors slam for no reason
 . . . Box 34
this is the nadir of our fortunes
 . . . BC to EC, 2.1.71
I am afraid I simply
 . . . BC to EC, 2.1.71
Miranda has found
 . . . BC to EC, ND [December?] 1970
It may sound
 . . . EC to GC, 9.4.71
He has decided
 . . . EC to GC, 22.3.71
They are supposed
 . . . EC to GC, 2.4.71
I hope he’ll be
 . . . 2.4.71
Saw the Qashgais
 . . . BC to CW, 17.5.71
But with very truble
 . . . Akbar to EC, 4.5. 71
Miranda is really
 . . . EC to GC, 28.5.71
Rang up Miranda
 . . . EC to GC, 5.7.71
Elizabeth’s young Pakistani
 . . . BC to CW, 17.5.71
You must try
 . . . BC to IF, October 1966
quite broken
 . . . BC to JI, ND, May 1971
The weather is so
 . . . BC to CW, 11.6.71
It’s quite beautiful
 . . . BC to EC, 22.6.71
I do badly
 . . . BC to JI, 12.7.71
Also on the path
 . . . CW to BC, 28.5.66
to try and finish
 . . . EC to GC, 5.7.71
Never never never
 . . . BC to JI, 2.8.71
I have in the rough
 . . . 12.7.71
That Andrew story
 . . . ND, 1972
That really is worth a filum
 . . . 12.8.71
Once I’m through
 . . . 15.9.71
ACTION in film
 . . . ND, 1971
Perhaps I could go
 . . . 12.7.71
with a car
plus
another
typewriter
 . . . BC to EC, ND, June 1971
a great expert on birdsong
 . . . BC to JI, 12.7.71

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