In the end
Picturegoer, May 1927
I ache with the sense
Violet to Vita, 18 March 1921
so enchantingly
Virginia Woolf, Orlando: A Biography (The Hogarth Press 1928)
was a terrible failure
Vita to Harold, 17 August 1926. Vita and Harold
soul friendship
ibid, 26 December 1925
She lives too much
ibid, 9 November 1926
Probably I would
ibid, 17 August 1926
It is incredible
Vita to Virginia Woolf, 21 January 1926. Quoted in The Letters of Vita Sackville-West to Virginia Woolf. Ed. Louise De Salvo & Mitchell A. Leaska (Hutchinson 1984)
she shines
The Diary of Virginia Woolf: volume 3 1925–30.
opulence and freedom
ibid, 4 July 1927
Vita stalking
ibid, 23 January 1927
Do you know
Vita to Virginia 11 June 1927. The Letters of Vita Sackville-West to Virginia Woolf
You see I was reading
Virginia to Vita, 14 June 1927. A Change of Perspective
was like a cloak
Vita to Virginia, 11 October 1928. The Letters of Vita Sackville-West to Virginia Woolf
the longest
Portrait of a Marriage
I know what a flawless
Violet to Vita, January 1928. Quoted in Victoria Glendinning, Vita
I kept thinking
Vita to Harold, 17 May 1928 (Lilly Library)
I must try
ibid, 10 October 1928
Would he never manage
Broderie Anglaise
consists of nothing
ibid
Her exclusive
ibid
fainting with pleasure
ibid
why make her into
ibid
a brilliant, volatile
ibid
Were you or weren’t you
ibid
Who d’you think
Virginia to Vita, 8 November 1932. The Sickle Side of the Moon: the Letters of Virginia Woolf Volume V, 1932–35, ed. Nigel Nicolson (The Hogarth Press 1979)
No, I’m not
ibid, 7 January 1933
Not with a quarrel
The Diary of Virginia Woolf: Volume 4 1931–35, 11 March 1935
EIGHTEEN
The tallest feather
Don’t Look Round
the relationship between
Peter Quennell, Customs and Characters (Little Brown & Co. 1982)
still, you’ll be able
Violet Trefusis, Hunt the Slipper (Virago 1983)
but she cannot
21 April 1934, ‘Chips’ The Diaries of Sir Henry Channon
If I speak
Don’t Look Round
Little love
Violet to Mrs Keppel, undated (John Phillips)
During the evening
Violet Trefusis: Life and Letters
She had none
Hunt the Slipper
I wish we could have
ibid
I will not pretend
Don’t Look Round
He called on me
ibid
Lord B. is marrying
Virginia to Vita, 22 November 1933. The Sickle Side of the Moon
Happiness for me
Sortie de Secours
I wonder how much
Violet Trefusis: Life and Letters
My mother chaffed
Don’t Look Round
No wonder I fell
ibid
une ame damnée
Vita
People arrived
Don’t Look Round
I had poise
ibid
We were dancing
Lady Cecilia McKenna to author, September 1994
I am here till
Alice Keppel to Violet, 29 August 1939 (John Phillips)
Harry I consider
ibid, 29 August 1939
I must know
ibid, 19 September 1939
Would I be happy
Vita to Harold, 8 June 1939 (Lilly Library)
gave one long gasp
Harold to Vita, 28 September 1939 (Lilly Library)
Papa’s temper
Alice Keppel to Violet, 11 April 1939 (John Phillips)
Never shall I forget
Don’t Look Round
This hotel
Alice Keppel to Violet, 20 April 1939 (John Phillips)
To hear Alice
23 September 1942, ‘Chips’ The Diaries of Sir Henry Channon
NINETEEN
People were very
Don’t Look Round
Curious how war
Vita to Violet, 12 September 1940
The very sound
ibid, 31 August 1940
I mind for you
ibid, 14 October 1940
wings of the past
ibid, 15 December 1940
It upsets me
ibid, 16 March 1941
I do feel
ibid
She will amuse you
Vita to Ben Nicolson, July 1941 (Lilly Library)
I hope Ben won’t
Vita to Harold, July 1941 (Lilly Library)
Two of the happiest
Vita to Ben Nicolson, May 1948 (Lilly Library)
He is bound
Vita to Harold, September 1948 (Lilly Library)
If I were
Harold to David Carritt, 13 January 1949 (Lilly Library)
Poor Mor
Alice Keppel to Violet June 1942 (John Phillips)
A large clumsy
quoted in James Lees-Milne, Prophesying Peace (Chatto & Windus, 1977)
I wish Violet
Harold to Vita, 8 February 1944 (Lilly Library)
To describe her as
Vita to Harold, 8–9 February 1944 (Lilly Library)
Violet’s maid unpacked
25 September 1945, Marie Belloc Lowndes Diaries and Letters 1911–47 Ed. Susan Lowndes (Chatto & Windus 1971)
She is rather
Prophesying Peace
the blue letter
Don’t Look Round
She looked magnificent
19 November 1943, ‘Chips’ The Diaries of Sir Henry Channon
Oh God Oh God
Vita to Harold, 21 June 1945 (Lilly Library)
cherished bibelots
Don’t Look Round
Except I live on capital
Alice Keppel to Violet, 23 March 1946 (John Phillips)
suddenly Jacques
Nancy Mitford to Diana Mosley, 25 May 1946. Love from Nancy: the Letters of Nancy Mitford. Ed. Charlotte Mosley (Hodder & Stoughton 1993)
now you are domiciled
Alice Keppel to Violet, 1 June 1946 (John Phillips)
England is perfectly
ibid, 9 June 1946
Paris was lovely
Alice Keppel to her husband George, 12 August 1946 (John Phillips)
I have always thought
ibid, 27 August 1946 (John Phillips)
because she says
Nancy Mitford to Gerald Berners, 11 November 1946. Love from Nancy: the Letters of Nancy Mitford
It is nearly
Alice Keppel to Violet, 3 January 1947 (John Phillips)
she will even
Don’t Look Round
We were the inferior
unpublished fragment (Beinecke Library)
TWENTY
Admiring as we do
The Times, 27 November 1947
I wish Violet
Vita to Harold, 19 April 1949 (Lilly Library)
Darling I am terribly
Sonia Cubitt to Violet, 6 (John Phillips)
February 1949
Whichever we decide
ibid
I’m afraid
ibid, 30 July 1949
We had a curious conversation
Violet Trefusis to John Phillips, September 1966
Dear Mrs Trefusis
Lord Learney to Violet, 24 November 1959
It reminds me of BM
Vita to Harold, March 1949 (Lilly Library)
It is her Cranbrook
ibid
my love of St Loup
Vita to Violet, 4 October 1949
Oh you sent me a book
ibid, 1 October 1950
I do hope that
Betty Richards to Violet, 18 February 1949 (John Phillips)
At a dinner party
14 June 1950, diary of James Pope-Hennessy. A Lonely Business: A Self-portrait of James Pope-Hennessy. Ed. Peter Quennell (Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1981)
When she rose
Susan Mary Alsop, To Marietta from Paris (Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1976)
As she can write
Harold Acton, Nancy Mitford: A Memoir (Hamish Hamilton 1975)
much as I love
Betty Richards to Violet, July 1951 (John Phillips)
the ruin of
Nancy Mitford: A Memoir
One can almost
ibid
The magnificent
Violet Trefusis: Life and Letters
Do you know Mitya
Violet to Vita, 7 May 1920
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