A Very Private Eye: An Autobiography in Diaries and LettersDutton, 1984 - 358 pages |
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Page 237
... Perhaps I shall then take on a new lease of life , editorially speaking . It has just occurred to me - perhaps you are ' Visiting Professor somewhere , though I hope not Los Angeles . With all good wishes , Barbara 24 August . Lunching ...
... Perhaps I shall then take on a new lease of life , editorially speaking . It has just occurred to me - perhaps you are ' Visiting Professor somewhere , though I hope not Los Angeles . With all good wishes , Barbara 24 August . Lunching ...
Page 255
... perhaps the odd Ellington - and my own favourite of Noel Coward and Gertrude Lawrence doing that scene from Private Lives . And of course we had ukuleles - that was surely before your time ! While on the nostalgic track - how wonderful ...
... perhaps the odd Ellington - and my own favourite of Noel Coward and Gertrude Lawrence doing that scene from Private Lives . And of course we had ukuleles - that was surely before your time ! While on the nostalgic track - how wonderful ...
Page 257
... Perhaps we could order our tombstones from him . When we got back to the Penelope I looked in my bag and saw that my passport wasn't there ! Horror ! 5 June . Went to the British Consulate about the passport . ' I'm afraid this is going ...
... Perhaps we could order our tombstones from him . When we got back to the Penelope I looked in my bag and saw that my passport wasn't there ! Horror ! 5 June . Went to the British Consulate about the passport . ' I'm afraid this is going ...
Contents
List of Illustrations vii | 9 |
Preface by Hazel Holt | xiii |
The Early Life by Hilary Pym I | xviii |
Copyright | |
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