A Very Private Eye: An Autobiography in Diaries and LettersDutton, 1984 - 358 pages |
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Page 67
... happy daze and then into Elliston's for tea . I was so happy I could hardly speak coherently to Ruth Brook - Smith and Alison Ross whom I met there . Still in the same state I went back to change to go to dinner at St Hilda's . Just as ...
... happy daze and then into Elliston's for tea . I was so happy I could hardly speak coherently to Ruth Brook - Smith and Alison Ross whom I met there . Still in the same state I went back to change to go to dinner at St Hilda's . Just as ...
Page 68
... happy domestic scene , so you can think of her in this same happy scene , and I know you will like to imagine her in the drawing room with Aunt Janie , rather than imparadis'd in Mr J's arms in Balliol , or getting into a merry state of ...
... happy domestic scene , so you can think of her in this same happy scene , and I know you will like to imagine her in the drawing room with Aunt Janie , rather than imparadis'd in Mr J's arms in Balliol , or getting into a merry state of ...
Page 86
... happy since I was a young girl of eighteen in my first year at Oxford ! I work very hard and have done about a quarter of this new novel . It is such a nice change being in London and our rooms are very comfortable and near everywhere ...
... happy since I was a young girl of eighteen in my first year at Oxford ! I work very hard and have done about a quarter of this new novel . It is such a nice change being in London and our rooms are very comfortable and near everywhere ...
Contents
List of Illustrations vii | 9 |
Preface by Hazel Holt | xiii |
The Early Life by Hilary Pym I | xviii |
Copyright | |
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