The Love-Charm of Bombs (77 page)

‘they could hear a bomb':
GG, diary, 23 June 1944 (GG HRC).

‘We had only':
GG,
EoA
,
book 2, ch. 5.

‘must surely have been':
GG, diary, 23 June 1944 (GG HRC).

‘Six down during':
GG, diary, 27 June 1944 (GG HRC).

‘An odd thing':
ibid.

‘Hugh is all right':
GG, diary, 30 June 1944 (GG HRC).

‘This was one of the worst':
see Juliet Gardiner,
Wartime: Britain 1939–1945
(London: Headline, 2005),
p. 643.

‘the moment always':
GG, diary, 22 June 1944 (GG HRC).

‘A bad night':
GG, diary, 3 July 1944 (GG HRC).

‘a wonderful figure':
Churchill, speech , 6 and 25 July 1944 (
War Speeches
).

‘we are getting used':
CR, diary, 13 July 1944 (
The Siren Years
).

‘usually to be found':
see Sherry,
The Life of Graham Greene
,
vol. 2, p. 197.

‘Nobody who has not':
EB, autobiographical note, 1948 (EB HRC).

‘tied up, sealed up':
EB, ‘Calico Windows',
People, Places, Things: Essays by Elizabeth Bowen
, ed. Allan Hepburn (Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2008).

‘When we just':
EB, ‘Oh, Madam',
Collected Stories
(London: Vintage, 1999).

‘I read his letter':
EB,
B's C
,
p. 440.

‘Her nerves have':
CR, diary, 20 July 1944 (
LCW
).

‘a new novel':
see CR, diary, 19 September 1942 (
LCW
).

‘I like to think':
CR, diary, 18 February 1944 (
LCW
).

‘fairness, not quite':
EB,
HoD
,
ch. 5.

‘How proud Charles':
Rosamond Lehmann to EB, 14 February 1949 (EB HRC).

‘a flash of promise':
EB,
HoD
,
ch. 5.

‘high up in a monstrous':
CR, diary, 12 August 1944 (
LCW
).

‘calico stretched and tacked':
EB, ‘The Happy Autumn Fields' (
Collected Stories
).

‘All my life':
EB to Virginia Woolf, 5 January 1941, in
The Mulberry Tree: Writings of Elizabeth Bowen
, ed. Hermione Lee (London: Vintage, 1999).

‘Churchill himself':
see Churchill, speech, 6 and 25 July 1944 (
War Speeches
).

‘The anxiety it causes':
Harold Nicolson to Ben and Nigel Nicolson, 13 August 1944 (
Diaries and Letters
).

‘Stephen Spender assured':
see Stephen Spender to Christopher Isherwood, 17 August 1944 (Stephen Spender archive, Bod).

‘Tonight the doodlers':
PdeM to HS, undated (HS PdeM).

‘absolutely brilliant':
PdeM to HS, 22 August 1944 (HS PdeM).

‘the news of Paris had really':
see PdeM to HS, 23 August 1944 (HS PdeM).

‘Isn't the war':
PdeM to HS, 24 August 1944 (HS PdeM).

‘I'll see you in the stove':
‘The Horrors of Lublin',
The Times
, 12 August 1944.

‘What an execrable':
PdeM to HS, undated (HS PdeM).

‘Harold Nicolson heard':
see Harold Nicolson, diary, 4 September 1944 (
Diaries and Letters
).

‘the ear-splitting':
HS,
DaB
, p. 137.

‘conceived among bombs': ibid.

‘the heroic stand':
Churchill, speech, 5 October 1944 (
War Speeches
).

‘Boring and dangerous':
HS, diary, 1 December 1944 (HS NLV).

‘You should comfort':
PdeM to HS, 8 December 1944 (PdeM Mon).

‘the backdrop for':
CR, 3 January 1945 (
The Siren Years
).

‘The baby doesn't':
HS, diary, 15 December 1944 (HS NLV).

‘We were all': HS,
DaB
,
p. 137.

‘so glad to be':
EB to Susan Tweedsmuir, in Victoria Glendinning,
Elizabeth Bowen
(London: Phoenix paperbacks, 1993), p. 147.

‘I wouldn't want to give':
CR, diary, 19 December 1944 (
LCW
).

‘I suppose I could have':
CR, diary, 3 February 1945 (
The Siren Years
).

‘We are so close':
EB to CR, 17 January 1945 (
LCW
).

‘E says she would':
CR, 3 December 1944 (
LCW
).

‘We rush, we storm':
EB, ‘The Art of Reserve' (
People, Places, Things
).

‘She said she thought':
CR, diary, 12 November 1942 (
LCW
).

‘E has become':
CR, diary, 6 February 1943 (
LCW
).

‘it was impossible for him':
see CR, diary, 27 February 1944 (
LCW
).

‘Outside us neither':
EB,
HoD
,
ch. 10.

 

14:
‘A collective intoxication of happiness'

‘Let us be of good':
Winston Churchill, speech, 18 January 1945,
War Speeches, 1939–45
, compiled by Charles Eade (London: Cassell & Co, 1951–2).

‘I feel the war':
RM to David Ley, 14 February 1945 (RM TC).

‘People were anxious':
see William Sansom,
The Blitz: Westminster at War
(London: Faber, 2010), p. 199.

‘a huge crash':
GG, diary, 20 March 1945 (GG HRC).

‘It really looks':
GG to Marion Greene, in Norman Sherry,
The Life of Graham Greene
(London: Pimlico, 2004–5),
vol. 2, p. 205.

‘His captivating smile':
Churchill, speech, 17 April 1945 (
War Speeches
).

‘Early this morning':
HS, diary, 13 April 1945 (HS NLV).

‘Darling, darling, I'm':
HY to Mary Keene, 15 February 1945 (private collection).

‘I think about you':
Mary Keene to Matthew Smith, undated (private collection).

‘I don't take':
Mary Keene to HY, undated (private collection).

‘I fear they are': HY to Mary Keene, 26 February 1945 (private collection).

‘Dearest dearest':
Mary Keene to HY, undated (private collection).

‘My dearest darling':
Dig Yorke to Mary Keene, undated (private collection).

‘My darling darling':
HY to Mary Keene, 9 March 1945 (private collection).

‘prepare a “scheme”':
HY to Mary Keene, 10 March 1945 (private collection).

‘slip in a bit':
Mary Keene to HY, undated (private collection).

‘There was a hole':
Mary Keene to Alice Keene, undated (private collection).

‘Loving
had been':
see HY to Mary Keene, 21 March 1945 (private collection).

‘Your letters':
HY to Rosamond Lehmann, 14 March 1945 (RL KC).

‘Armies monotonously':
Evelyn Waugh, diary, 13 April 1945,
The Diaries of Evelyn Waugh
, ed. Michael Davie (London: Phoenix, 2009).

‘The war hurries':
HS, diary, 28 April 1945 (HS NLV).

‘Hitler reported dead!':
HS, diary, 1 May 1945 (HS NLV).

‘Now she told Charles':
see EB to CR, March 1945, in Victoria Glendinning,
Elizabeth Bowen
(London: Phoenix paperbacks, 1993),
p. 155.

‘There was a breathless':
EB to CR, March 1945, in ibid.,
p. 156.

‘everyone wondering':
EB to CR, 7–8 May 1945 (
LCW
and in ibid.,
p. 157).

‘God bless you':
Churchill, speech, 8 May 1945 (
War Speeches
).

‘On a monster':
EB to CR, 7–8 May 1945 (
LCW
and in Glendinning,
Elizabeth Bowen
, p. 157).

‘Having watched the blitz':
GG to Marion Greene, undated, in Sherry,
The Life of Graham Greene
,
vol. 2, p. 207.

‘LOVE AND HAPPY':
GG to VG, in ibid.,
vol. 2, p. 206.

‘huge leaping pyres':
VG to GG, May 1945 (VG Bod).

‘There was precious little':
GG to Marion Greene, undated, in Sherry,
The Life of Graham Greene
,
vol. 2, p. 207.

‘It was very quiet':
GG,
EoA
,
book 3, ch. 5.

‘just as completely':
GG to VG, 3 June 1948 (VG Bod).

‘it is a mistake':
see GG,
HoM
,
book 3, part 1, ch. 1i.

‘I felt a sort':
VG, interview in Sherry,
The Life of Graham Greene
,
vol. 2, p. 208.

‘Never before or':
HS,
DaB
,
p. 138.

‘each one staggered':
EB to CR, 7–8 May 1945 (
LCW
and in Glendinning,
Elizabeth Bowen
, p. 157).

‘I would not have':
EB, autobiographical note, 1948 (EB HRC).

‘deteriorating dead':
EB to Cyril Connolly, in Glendinning,
Elizabeth Bowen
,
p. 158.

‘completely incarcerated':
EB to William Plomer, 24 September 1945 (
LCW
).

 

15:
‘The days were listless and a flop'

‘slow motion':
EB to CR, June 1945 (
LCW
).

‘first entering the house': see ibid.

‘really, focuses internally':
EB to CR, 17 June 1945 (
LCW
).

‘I look round and see': ibid.

‘No more danger':
HS,
DaB
,
p. 138.

‘He does it all':
HS, diary, 19 April 1941 (HS NLV).

‘I would have treated':
HS,
DaB
,
p. 140.

‘Everything now is':
HS, diary, 10 July 1945 (HS NLV).

‘At odd moments':
PdeM to HS, 22 June 1945 (PdeM Mon).

‘This is the crowning':
PdeM to HS, 8 July 1945 (HS PdeM).

‘boiling in sweltering':
PdeM to HS, 15 July 1945 (HS PdeM).

‘My darling':
HS to PdeM, 23 July 1945 (HS PdeM).

‘I picked my way':
Richard Dimbleby, in Juliet Gardiner,
Wartime: Britain 1939–1945
(London: Headline, 2005),
p. 674.

‘This is the crowning':
PdeM to HS, 17 July 1945 (HS PdeM).

‘I'm quite innocent':
PdeM to HS, 21 July 1945 (PdeM Mon).

‘the problems and pressures':
Let Us Face the Future
, in David Kynaston,
Austerity Britain
,
p. 21.