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You may copy it, give it away or re- use it under the terms. Project Gutenberg Australia License which may be viewed online at. GO TO Project Gutenberg Australia HOME PAGEThe Diary of a Provincial Ladyby. E M Delafield. With Illustrations by Arthur Watts. First published 1. ILLUSTRATIONS"Robert reads the Times"Cook. Mademoiselle. The Rector"Very, very distinguished novelist"The Vicar's Wife. Lady B."Can hear Robert's neighbour.. Vicky. Mrs. Blenkinsop. Howard Fitzsimmons"He did it, she says, at the Zoo"Cousin Maud. Cissie Crabbe. Lady Frobisher. The Gardener"Schoolmaster and his wife talk to one another.. Elderly French couple with talkative friend"Rose. Robin. Miss Pankerton. Jahsper. DIARY OF A PROVINCIAL LADYNovember 7th.—Plant the indoor bulbs. Just as I am in the middle of. Lady Boxe calls. I say, untruthfully, how nice to see her, and beg her to. I just finish the bulbs. Lady B. makes determined attempt to sit. I have already placed two bulb- bowls and the bag of. Do I know, she asks, how very late it is for indoor bulbs? September. really, or even October, is the time. Do I know that the only really reliable. Somebody of Haarlem? Cannot catch the name of the firm. Dutch, but reply Yes, I do know, but think it my duty to buy Empire. Feel at the time, and still think, that this is an excellent reply. Unfortunately Vicky comes into the drawing- room later and says: "O Mummie, are. Woolworths?"Lady B. Mem.: Bread- and- butter too thick. Speak to. Ethel.) We talk some more about bulbs, the Dutch School of Painting, our. Vicar's wife, sciatica, and All Quiet on the Western Front.(Query: Is it possible to cultivate the art of conversation when living in. Lady B. enquires after the children. Tell her that Robin—whom I refer to in. I am foolish about him—is. Mademoiselle says Vicky is starting. Do I realise, says Lady B., that the Cold Habit is entirely unnecessary, and. Think of several rather tart and witty rejoinders to. Lady B.'s Bentley has taken her away. Finish the bulbs and put them in the cellar. Feel that after all cellar is. Cook says something is wrong with the range. November 8th.—Robert has looked at the range and says nothing wrong. Makes unoriginal suggestion about pulling out dampers. Cook very. angry, and will probably give notice. Try to propitiate her by saying that we. Bournemouth for Robin's half- term, and that will give the. Cook replies austerely that they will take the opportunity to. Wish I could believe this was true. Preparations for Bournemouth rather marred by discovering that Robert, in. Says he understood that I had put them in the cellar, and so wasn't. November 1. 1th.—Bournemouth. Find that history, as usual, repeats. Same hotel, same frenzied scurry round the school to find Robin, same. Discover strong. tendency to exchange with fellow- parents exactly the same remarks as last year. Speak of this to Robert, who returns no answer. Perhaps he is afraid of repeating himself? This suggests Query: Does Robert. I say even when he makes no reply? Find Robin looking thin, and speak to Matron who says brightly, Oh no, she. New Buildings. (Query: Why do all schools have to run up New. Buildings about once in every six months?)Take Robin out. He eats several meals, and a good many sweets. He produces a. friend, and we take both to Corfe Castle. The boys climb, Robert smokes in. I sit about on stones. Overhear a woman remark, as she gazes up at. This looks. fragile—which strikes me as a singular choice of adjective. Same woman. climbing over a block of solid masonry, points out that This has evidently. Take the boys back to the hotel for dinner. Robin says, whilst the friend is. It's been nice for us, taking out Williams, hasn't it?". Hastily express appreciation of this privilege. Robert takes the boys back after dinner, and I sit in hotel lounge with. Am asked what I think of Harriet Hume but am unable to say, as I have. Have a depressed feeling that this is going to be another case of. Orlando about which was perfectly able to talk most intelligently until. I read it, and found myself unfortunately unable to understand any of it. Robert comes up very late and says he must have dropped asleep over the. Times. (Query: Why come to Bournemouth to do this?)Postcard by the last post from Lady B. I have remembered that. Committee Meeting of the Women's Institute on the 1. Should not. dream of answering this. November 1. 2th.—Home yesterday and am struck, as so often before, by. Trouble with kitchen range has resulted in no hot water, also Cook. I speak to the butcher, there being. Vicky's cold, unlike the mutton, hasn't gone. Mademoiselle says, "Ah, cette petite! Elle ne sera peut- être pas. Hope that this is only her Latin way of. Robert reads the Times after dinner, and goes to sleep. November 1. 3th.—Interesting, but disconcerting, train of thought. Vicky as to the existence or otherwise of. H. E. L. Am determined to be a. Vicky maintains that there is, and refers me to. Bible. I become more modern than ever, and tell her that theories of. Vicky replies indignantly. H. E. L. Feel that deadlock has been reached, and can only leave her to her. Query: Are modern children going to revolt against being modern, and if so. Much worried by letter from the Bank to say that my account is overdrawn to. Eight Pounds, four shillings, and fourpence. Cannot understand. I still had credit balance of Two Pounds, seven. Annoyed to find that my accounts, contents of. Mem.: Find. envelope on which I jotted down Bournemouth expenses, also little piece of. This may clear things up.)Take a look at bulb- bowls on returning suit- case to attic, and am inclined. If so, this will be the. Shall tell Lady Boxe that I sent all my bulbs to a sick friend in a. November 1. 4th.—Arrival of Book of the Month choice, and am. History of a place I am not interested in, by an author I do not. Put it back into its wrapper again and make fresh choice from Recommended. List. Find, on reading small literary bulletin enclosed with book, that exactly. Am much annoyed, although not so much at. Decide not to mention any of this to Lady B., always so tiresomely superior. Book of the Month as it is, taking up attitude that she does not require. Should like to think of good repartee to this.)Letter by second post from my dear old school- friend Cissie Crabbe, asking. Norwich. (Query: Why. Norwich? Am surprised to realise that anybody ever goes to, lives at, or comes. Norwich, but quite see that this is unreasonable of me. Remind myself how. England one lives in, which vaguely suggests a. This, however, does not materialise.)Many years since we last met, writes Cissie, and she expects we have both. P. S. Do I remember the dear old pond, and the day. Spanish Arrowroot. Can recall, after some thought, dear old pond. Cissie's father's garden, but am completely baffled by Spanish. Arrowroot. (Query: Could this be one of the Sherlock Holmes stories? Sounds. like it.)Reply that we shall be delighted to see her, and what a lot we shall have to. This, I find on reflection, is not true. Ignore Spanish Arrowroot. Robert, when I tell him about dear old school- friend's impending arrival. Asks what we are expected to do with her. I. suggest showing her the garden, and remember too late that this is hardly the. At any rate, I say, it will be nice to talk over old. Spanish Arrowroot reference still. Speak to Ethel about the spare room, and am much annoyed to find that one. Take away bedside rug from Robert's. November 1. 5th.—Robert does notice absence of rug, and says he must. Return it to dressing- room and take small and inferior dyed. Mademoiselle is hurt about. Vicky, who repeats it to me, that in this country she finds. November 1. 7th.—Dear old school- friend Cissie Crabbe due by the three. On telling Robert this, he says it is most inconvenient to meet. Vestry Meeting, but eventually agrees to abandon Vestry Meeting. Am touched. Unfortunately, just after he has started, telegram arrives to say. This means putting off dinner till eight, which Cook won't like. Cannot send message to kitchen by Ethel, as it is her afternoon out, so am. Cook myself. She is not pleased. Robert returns from station. Mademoiselle, quite inexplicably, says, "Il ne manquait que. This comment wholly unjustifiable, as non- appearance of Cissie Crabbe. Have often thought that the French are. Ethel returns, ten minutes late, and says Shall she light fire in spare. I say No, it is not cold enough—but really mean that Cissie is no. Subsequently feel this to be. It smokes. Robert calls up to know What is that Smoke? I call down that It is Nothing. Robert comes up and opens the window and shuts the door and says It will Go all. Now. Do not like to point out that the open window will make the room. Play Ludo with Vicky in drawing- room. Robert reads the Times and goes to sleep, but wakes in time to make. Thankful to say that this time he returns. Cissie Crabbe, who has put on weight, and says several times that she. I consider. unnecessary. Take her upstairs—spare room like an icehouse, owing to open window, and. She says room is delightful, and I leave her. Mem.: tell Ethel she. Hope it won't.)Ask Robert while dressing for dinner what he thinks of Cissie. He says he. has not known her long enough to judge. Ask if he thinks her good- looking. He. says he has not thought about it. Ask what they talked about on the way from. He says he does not remember. November 1. 9th.—Last two days very, very trying, owing to quite. Cissie Crabbe is strictly on a diet. This causes. Robert to take a dislike to her.
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