The Love-Charm of Bombs (79 page)

‘This is still the most':
HS to PdeM, 4 February 1946 (HS PdeM).

‘A hundred times more': ibid.

‘where my roots reach':
HS,
Return to Vienna
,
6 February.

‘Heiligenstadt unchanged':
HS, diary, 2 February 1946 (HS NLV).

‘one of the most':
HS,
DaB
,
p. 110.

‘The opera still':
HS, ‘Vienna',
The New Statesman and Nation
, 13 April 1946.

‘Quite definitely not':
HS to PdeM, 1 February 1946 (HS PdeM).

‘The Frau Doktor':
HS,
Return to Vienna
,
9 February.

‘Expropriation, humiliation': ibid.

‘In England, during': HS,
Return to Vienna
,
10 February.

‘Of course, I'm envious':
PdeM to HS, 2 February 1946 (HS PdeM).

‘England suits me': ibid.

‘I can just see how':
PdeM to HS, 11 February 1946 (HS PdeM).

‘I lead this curious':
HS to PdeM, 7 February 1946 (HS PdeM).

‘Those that are nice':
HS to PdeM, 15 February 1946 (HS PdeM).

‘sweet major':
HS to PdeM, 4 February 1946 (HS PdeM).

‘the pleasant, cultured':
HS,
DaB
,
p. 156.

‘Cooked at Sam's':
HS, diary, 9 February 1946 (HS NLV).

‘Sam didn't appear':
HS, diary, 11 February 1946 (HS NLV).

‘Quite delightful':
HS, diary, 12 February 1946 (HS NLV).

‘Sam: end':
HS, diary, 14 February 1946 (HS NLV).

‘What an absurd':
HS, diary, 15 February 1946 (HS NLV).

‘extraordinary scene':
HS, diary, 16 February 1946 (HS NLV).

‘You don't think':
HS,
The Darkened Room
(English translation of
Lisas Zimmer
)
(London: Methuen, 1961),
p. 132.

‘I feel like someone':
HS to PdeM, 10 February 1946 (HS PdeM).

‘precisely the kind':
PdeM to HS, 14 February 1946 (HS PdeM).

‘Dearest Mummili':
PdeM to HS, 20 February 1946 (HS PdeM).

‘most charmingly':
HS to PdeM, 18 February 1946 (HS PdeM).

‘as wide and full':
HS,
Return to Vienna
,
20 February.

‘I am on a winter': ibid.

‘in the limp': HS,
Return to Vienna
,
21 February.

‘Is it fear': ibid.

‘with a look': ibid.

‘Europe is a graveyard': ibid.

‘These people have':
HS, ‘The Trek to Palestine',
The New Statesman and Nation
, 23 March 1946.

‘a worldwide Jewish':
HS,
Return to Vienna
, 21
February.

‘even with the':
HS, ‘The Trek to Palestine'.

‘a solution must': ibid.

‘the ozone that':
HS,
Return to Vienna
,
23 February.

‘with my most':
HS,
DaB
,
p. 164.

‘most dreary thought':
HS to PdeM, 7 February 1946 (HS PdeM).

‘A dozen times':
PdeM to HS, 17 March 1946 (HS PdeM).

‘Our stakes in':
PdeM to HS, 20 March 1946 (HS PdeM).

‘fallen in love':
PdeM to HS, 27 March 1946 (PdeM Mon).

‘wept with rage': HS,
DaB
,
p. 165.

‘You have set':
PdeM to HS, 4 April 1946 (HS PdeM).

‘I feel very suspended':
PdeM to HS, 10 April 1946 (PdeM Mon).

‘I must assume':
PdeM to HS, 13 April 1946 (PdeM Mon).

‘Of course, I still':
HS to PdeM, 11 April 1946 (HS PdeM).

‘Thank God':
PdeM to HS, 20 April 1946 (PdeM Mon).

‘I have one firm':
HS to PdeM, 7 February 1946 (HS PdeM).

‘Darling, there's nothing':
HS to PdeM, February 1946 (HS PdeM).

‘This is such':
HS to PdeM, 10 February 1946 (HS PdeM).

‘The only thing':
PdeM to HS, 14 February 1946 (HS PdeM).

‘Absolutely. If':
PdeM to HS, 20 February 1946 (HS PdeM).

‘Already people':
PdeM to HS, 2 May 1946 (PdeM Mon).

‘it is certainly':
PdeM to HS, 4 May 1946 (PdeM Mon).

 

18:
‘O, maybe we'll live a while in Killala'

‘In fact the Irish':
for an account of the Irish economy in this period see J. J. Lee,
Ireland 1912–1985, Politics and Society
(Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1989).

‘take whatever steps':
Éamon de Valera, in ibid.,
pp. 289–90.

‘constantly recurring':
Evelyn Waugh, diary, 9 November 1946,
The Diaries of Evelyn Waugh
, ed. Michael Davie (London: Phoenix, 2009).

‘brief shelter from':
Evelyn Waugh to Randolph Churchill, 22 December 1946,
The Letters of Evelyn Waugh
(London: Phoenix, 2010).

‘total to me':
Nancy Mitford to Evelyn Waugh, 26 April 1952,
The Letters of Nancy Mitford and Evelyn Waugh
, ed. Charlotte Mosley (London: Sceptre, 1997).

‘The war's on now':
HG,
Loving
(London: Vintage, 2000),
pp. 29, 192.

‘the dear Shelbourne':
EB to CR, 26 November 1945 (
LCW
).

‘impassive, cheerful':
EB,
The Shelbourne
(London: Vintage, 2001),
p. 6.

‘a complete success':
HY to Matthew Smith, 3 September 1947 (private collection).

‘A mattress was spread':
GG, ‘After Two Years',
A Quick Look Behind: Footnotes to an Autobiography
(Los Angeles: Sylvester & Orphanos, 1983).

‘at a loss':
see GG,
Ways of Escape
(Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1982),
ch. 4ii.

‘a belated congratulatory':
see GG to CW, 25 September 1946 (GG GU).

‘he was keen to':
see GG to Evelyn Waugh, undated, Richard Greene,
Graham Greene, A Life in Letters
(London: Little, Brown, 2007),
p. 139.

‘They had a drink':
see Norman Sherry,
The Life of Graham Greene
(London: Pimlico, 2004–5),
vol. 2, p. 227.

‘an extraordinary house':
Evelyn Waugh to Nancy Mitford, 4 October 1948 (
The Letters of Nancy Mitford and Evelyn Waugh
).

‘She had a marvellous':
Belinda Straight, interview in Sherry,
The Life of Graham Greene
,
vol. 2, p. 220.

‘a Marie-Antoinette':
John Rothenstein,
Brave Day, Hideous Night: Autobiography 1939–1965
(London: Hamish Hamilton, 1966),
p. 155.

‘I had no idea':
GG,
EoA
,
book 1, ch. 3.

‘They drove to':
see GG to Marion Greene, undated, in Sherry,
The Life of Graham Greene
,
vol. 2, p. 227.

‘to go up in an aeroplane':
see GG, in William Cash,
The Third Woman: The Secret Passion that Inspired The End of the Affair
(London: Abacus, 2001),
p. 4.

‘The act of creation':
GG to CW, 30 September 1947 (GG GU).

‘the same kind of in-love':
see GG to CW, 12 April 1949 (GG GU).

‘Cambridge, snow':
see GG to CW, 2 September 1955 (GG GU).

‘they would have done more':
see GG to CW, 24 September 1949 (GG GU).

‘gave it away to the nuns':
see VG, interview with William Cash (private collection).

‘Dorothy was complaining':
see GG to CW, 5 May 1947 (GG GU).

‘woke up blissfully': ibid.

‘a second-rate Ireland':
see GG to CW, 15 May 1947 (GG GU).

‘Graham led Catherine':
see VG, interview with William Cash (private collection).

‘he felt like a cornered':
see GG to CW, 15 May 1947 (GG GU).

‘if I found anyone':
CW to Belinda Straight, 1 January 1969, in Sherry,
The Life of Graham Greene
,
vol. 2, p. 233.

‘You know, Graham':
CW in Lady Melchett interview, in ibid.,
p. 260.

‘it is better to avoid lying':
see GG,
HoM
,
book 3, part 1, ch. 1i; book 1, part 1, ch. 2iv; book 1, part 2, ch. 2ii.

‘before she appeared he used to':
see GG to CW, 25 August 1947 (GG GU).

‘the difference between peacefulness':
see GG to CW, 27 August 1947 (GG GU).

‘You are in':
GG to CW, 27 June 1947 (GG GU).

‘he was missing her obsessively':
see GG to CW, 29 June 1947 (GG GU).

‘he wanted to kiss':
see GG to CW, 30 June 1947 (GG GU).

‘Would he really see':
see GG to CW, 4 July 1947 (GG GU).

‘escape to Romania':
see GG to CW, 5 July 1947 (GG GU).

‘lazily reading on':
see GG to CW, 24 August 1947 (GG GU).

‘watching her make':
see GG to CW, 3 October 1949 (GG GU).

‘after four and a half':
see GG to CW, undated, 1951 (GG GU).

‘Irish faith to':
Sean O'Faolain to GG, 9 February 1976 (GG BU).

‘At once he was in love': see
GG to CW, 3 September 1947 (GG GU).

‘O, maybe we'll':
F. R. Higgins, ‘Elopement',
Arable Holdings
(Dublin: The Cuala Press, 1933). GG inscribed the 8 April 1949 entry of CW's diary with this quotation.

‘Graham has just':
CW to Phillip Caraman, undated, 1951 (GG BU).

‘the first diary':
CW's diaries are held in GG GU.

‘they only liked each other':
see GG to CW, 2 August 1947 (GG GU).

‘always quiet or gentle':
see VG, interview with William Cash (private collection).

‘his cigarette burn':
see GG to CW, 25 August 1947 (GG GU).

‘He fell in love':
see GG to CW, 21 August 1947 (GG GU).

‘He could become a pagan':
see GG to CW, 18 August 1947 (GG GU).

‘Ireland seemed to be':
see GG to CW, 27 August 1947 (GG GU).

‘romantically admired':
see GG, interview, 1981 in Henry Donaghy (ed.),
Conversations with Graham Greene
(Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 1992), p. 156.

‘an enchanting figure': see ibid.,
p. 153.

‘it might be fun':
see GG to CW, 5 September 1947 (GG GU).

‘lustrous and blonde': see ibid.

‘a flight from':
see GG to CW, 28 September 1947 (GG GU).

‘the Atlantic blowing':
see GG to CW, undated, 1947 (GG GU).

 

19:
‘The returning memory of a dream long forgotten'