It represented
ibid
I am always - being
Violet to Vita, undated 1920 (Beinecke Library)
Sometimes Mrs Keppel
quoted in Philippe Jullian & John Phillips, Violet Trefusus: Life and Letters (Hamish Hamilton 1976)
She went round
Duff Cooper to Diana Cooper, 6 February 1927. Quoted in A Durable Fire: the letters of Duff and Diana Cooper, ed. Artemis Cooper (Collins 1983)
In love there is
quoted in Charlotte Wolff, Hindsight: An Autobiography. (Quartet 1980)
a mediocre little
Don’t Look Round
self-love in all
Violet Trefusis, Sortie de Secours (Editions Argo, 1929)
In London she had
Harold Acton, More Memoirs of an Aesthete (Methuen 1970)
quality, beauty
Don’t Look Round
A fine figure
More Memoirs of an Aesthete
Winston was so happy
Clementine Churchill to Violet, 10 July 1952 (John Phillips)
Oh my God
Vita to Harold, 2 December 1924 (Lilly Library)
You are always so opty
Harold to Vita, 2 December 1924 (Lilly Library)
disastrous European
Denys Trefusis, The Stones of Emptiness. Unpublished manuscript (Phyllida Ellis)
Above all I have
ibid
For 1½ roubles
ibid
Lord bless me
Virginia Woolf to Vita, 7 February 1927. A Change of Perspective: The Letters of Virginia Woolf Volume III: 1923–1928. Ed. Nigel Nicolson (The Hogarth Press 1977)
He went there
Don’t Look Round
he continued to go
ibid
I can only suppose
ibid
put her head round
Phyllida Ellis to author August 1994
By now you doubtless
Violet to Cyril Connolly, 20 September 1929. Quoted in Violet Trefusis: Life and Letters
SEVENTEEN
one steep Utrillo-like
Don’t Look Round
The subtlety of Challenge
Vita Sackville-West, Challenge. Foreword by Nigel Nicolson (Collins 1974)
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
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 Philli
ps)
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)
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
Index
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Alice Keppel’s name is abbreviated to AK
Acton, Sir Harold
Albemarle, 1st Earl of
Albemarle, 3rd Earl of
Albemarle, Arnold Keppel, 8th Earl of
Albemarle, 7th Earl of
Albert, Prince Consort
Albert Victor, Prince, Duke of Clarence
Alexandra, Queen, personality; appearance; wedding
as Princess of Wales:
‘pin money’; social life; birth of her children; rheumatic fever; disabilities; and Prince of Wales; Aylesford scandal; recuperation
as Queen:
and AK; Fabergé pieces; charm; visits relatives; Mediterranean cruise; and the King’s last illness; and Cassel; the King’s death
Alice, Violet’s servant
Alington, Henry Sturt, 1st Baron
Alington, Humphrey Sturt, 2nd Baron
Alington, Lady
Alsop, Susan Mary
Ashcombe, 2nd Baron
Ashcombe, Lady
Ashley, Edwina
Ashley, Mary
Ashton, Dorothy
Asquith, Herbert Henry later 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith
Asquith, Margot
Aylesford, Countess of
Aylesford, 7th Earl of
Baker, Sir Randolph
Baker, Valentine
Barney, Natalie
Baume, Countess de la
Beach, Sylvia
Beckett, William, later 2nd Baron Grimthorpe
Belloc Lowndes, Marie
Berenson, Bernard
Beresford, Lady Charles
Beresford, Lord Charles, later Baron Beresford
Berners, 14th Baron
Bernhardt, Sarah
Berry, Walter
Biarritz, the King and Keppels holiday in
Birch, Henry
Birkenhead, F.E. Smith, 1st Earl of
Blanche, Jacques-Emile
Blandford, Marquess of, later 8th Duke of Marlborough
Blériot, Louis
Blunt, Wilfrid Scawen, on the King
Bourdet, Denise
Bourdet, Edouard, La Prisonnière
Brienen, Daisy, Baroness de
Brock, Sir Thomas
Brooke, Lord, later 5th Earl of Warwick
Brooks, Romaine
Buckingham Palace, AK at; Lillie Langtry at; the King’s last illness
Bulberg, Baroness Moura
Burne-Jones, Sir Edward
Caesar, the King’s Norfolk terrier
Calvatore, Marchesse de
Campbell, Lady Joan
Campbell, Mary
Campbell-Bannerman, Sir Henry
Caracciolo, Duchess di
Carnock, Lady
Carriés, Jean
Carrington, 3rd Baron
Carritt, David
Carson, Sir Edward, later 1st Baron Carson
Casati, Marchesa
Cassel, Amalia Maud
Cassel, Edwina, later Countess Mountbatten
Cassel, Sir Ernest; the King’s financial adviser; appearance; shirts, the King and; and anti-Semitism; history; private life; Brooke House; honours; AK’s host in Biarritz; presents for Keppel girls; and his daughter; and AK; Knollys returns banknotes to; bust of the King; retirement; guests in Bournemouth; at Violet’s wedding; wedding present for Sonia