by Paula Byrne
CHAPTER VIII
1. ‘Reflections concerning Julian Amery’, 19–21 April 1940.
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2. ‘Reflections concerning Julian Amery’, 19–21 April 1940.
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3. ‘Conduct of the War’, Hansard, 7 May 1940.
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4. Diary, 10 May 1940.
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5. Diary, 10 May 1940.
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6. ‘Reflections concerning Julian Amery’, 10 May 1940.
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CHAPTER IX
1. Diary, 26 May 1940.
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2. RL to BP, 17 May 1940.
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3. Diary, 16 June 1940.
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4. RL to BP, 24 June 1940.
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5. Diary, 20 June 1940.
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6. Diary, 19 June 1940.
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7. ‘Goodbye Balkan Capital’, MS. Pym 92, fols. 245–61, published in CS, p. 344.
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8. CS, pp. 344–5.
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9. CS, p. 345. ‘Tears, idle tears’ is the opening of a famous lyric poem from Tennyson’s The Princess (1847).
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10. CS, p. 346.
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11. CS, p. 347.
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CHAPTER X
1. Diary, 11 July 1940.
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2. Diary, 9 September 1940.
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3. Diary, 7 July 1940.
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4. Diary, 3 October 1940.
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5. Diary, 17 October 1940.
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6. Diary, 21 October 1940.
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7. Diary, 20 November 1940.
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8. Diary, 28 November 1940.
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9. CS, p. 347.
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10. CS, p. 349.
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11. CS, p. 249.
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12. Diary, 31 December 1940.
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CHAPTER XI
1. Robert Liddell, Elizabeth and Ivy (1986).
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2. RL to BP, 10 April 1941.
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3. RL to BP, 10 April 1941.
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4. RL to BP, 10 April 1941.
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5. Diary (MS. Pym 107), 8 January 1941.
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6. Diary, 6 January 1941.
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7. Diary, 12 January 1941.
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8. Diary, 9 February 1941.
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9. Diary, 4 February 1941.
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CHAPTER XII
1. Diary, 15 March 1941.
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2. Diary, 13 February 1941.
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3. The Man I Married, directed by Irving Pichel (1940).
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4. Diary, 27 May 1941.
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5. Diary, 31 July 1941.
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CHAPTER XIII
1. ‘Reflections concerning Julian Amery’ (MS. Pym 146), 20 February 1941.
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2. ‘Reflections concerning Julian Amery’, 20 February 1941.
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3. ‘Reflections concerning Julian Amery’, 4 July 1941, referencing Edmund Waller’s lyric poem, ‘Song: Go Lovely Rose’.
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4. ‘Reflections concerning Julian Amery’, 20 July 1941.
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5. Diary, 4 July 1941.
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6. ‘Reflections concerning Julian Amery’, 12 August 1941.
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7. ‘Reflections concerning Julian Amery’, 7 September 1941.
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8. Diary, 18 September 1941.
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9. ‘Reflections concerning Julian Amery’, 15 April 1941.
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10. ‘Reflections concerning Julian Amery’, 17 September 1941.
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CHAPTER XIV
1. ‘So Very Secret’ (MS. Pym 13/1), p. 2. The version published in Civil to Strangers is truncated, with anything deemed to be controversial or distasteful omitted, such as the Nazi references and the encounter with Jenny Dale, the prostitute.
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2. ‘So Very Secret’, p. 19.
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3. ‘So Very Secret’, p. 22.
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4. ‘So Very Secret’, p. 32.
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5. ‘So Very Secret’, p. 125.
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6. MS. Pym 97, fol. 71 (written 3 December 1938).
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7. ‘So Very Secret’, p. 20.
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CHAPTER XV
1. Diary, 10 April 1941.
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2. Diary, 23 April 1941.
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3. CS, p. 341.
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4. CS, p. 343.
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5. CS, p. 348.
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6. CS, p. 348.
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CHAPTER XVI
1. https://www.nytimes.com/1964/09/28/archives/nora-waln-dies-a-journalist-70-correspondent-also-wrote-books-about.html.
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2. Diary, 13 December 1941.
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3. Diary, 18 November 1941.
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4. Diary, 19 November 1941.
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BOOK THE FOURTH: FROM THE COPPICE TO NAPLES
CHAPTER I
1. Quotations and other details supplied here are from Prue Anderton, ‘Barbara Pym’, The Oldie, 1 January 2020.
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2. BP to HH, 2 July 1942.
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3. Diary, 16 December 1941.
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4. EW, p. 7.
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CHAPTER II
1. BP to HH, 22 October 1942.
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2. ALTA, p. 107.
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3. ‘Reflections concerning Julian Amery’, 7 April 1942.
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4. ‘Reflections concerning Julian Amery’, 7 April 1942.
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5. Diary, 23 March 1943.
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6. Arnold, ‘Thyrsis’ (1861, published 1866), the elegy on his young Oxford friend A. H. Clough, which includes the famous image of the city’s ‘dreaming spires’.
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7. ‘Reflections concerning Julian Amery’, 7 April 1942.
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CHAPTER III
1. BP to HH, 2 July 1942.
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2. BP to HH, 2 July 1942.
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3. BP to HH, 2 July 1942.
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4. BP to HH, 22 October 1942.
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CHAPTER IV
1. BP to HH, 22 October 1942.
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2. BP to HH, 17 December 1942.
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3. BP to HH, 13 May 1943.
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4. My italics. Notebook (January–May 1943), ‘After Christmas I’ (MS. Pym 108), 21 January 1943.
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CHAPTER V
1. After Christmas I, 1–2 February 1943.
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2. After Christmas I, 22 January 1943.
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3. After Christmas I, 27 January 1943.
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4. After Christmas I, 23 March 1943.
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5. After Christmas I, 10 March 1943.
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6. After Christmas I, 27 May 1943.
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7. After Christmas I, 14 March 1943.
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8. After Christmas I, 14 March 1943.
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9. After Christmas I, 11 March 1943.
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10. After Christmas I, 12 March 1943.
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11. After Christmas I, 28 March 1943.
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12. After Christmas I, 28 March 1943.
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13. After Christmas I, 10 March 1943.
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14. After Christmas I, 18 April 1943.
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15. After Christmas I, 29 March 1943.
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16. After Christmas I, 10 March 1943.
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CHAPTER VI
1. After Christmas I, 30 March 1943.
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2. After Christmas I, 30 March 1943.
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3. After Christmas I, 8 April 1943.
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4. After Christmas I, 8 April 1943.
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5. Anderton, ‘Barbara Pym’, The Oldie, 1 January 2020.
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6. After Christmas I, 7 April 1943.
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7. After Christmas I, 8 April 1943.
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8. After Christmas I, 14 April 1943.
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9. After Christmas I, 15 April 1943.
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10. After Christmas I, 2 May 1943.
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11. After Christmas I, 2 May 1943.
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CHAPTER VII
1. RG to BP, 5 December 1938.
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2. RG to BP, 5 December 1938.
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3. RG to BP, 28 November 1939.
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4. RG to BP, 20 January 1940.
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5. RG to BP, 20 January 1940.
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6. After Christmas I, 10 April 1943.
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7. After Christmas I, 10–11 April 1943.
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8. ‘Sylvia, a Memoir’, Journal of the Sylvia Townsend Warner Society, 18 (2018), https://www.researchgate.net/publication/328542136_Sylvia_a_Memoir.
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9. After Christmas I, 11 April 1943.
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CHAPTER VIII
1. After Christmas I, 3 May 1943.
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2. After Christmas I, 22 April 1943.
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3. After Christmas I, 24 April 1943.
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4. After Christmas I, 27 April 1943.
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5. After Christmas I, 26 May 1943.
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6. After Christmas I, 31 May 1943.
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7. After Christmas I, 31 May 1943.
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8. After Christmas II (MS. Pym 109), 8 June 1943.
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9. After Christmas II, 12–14 June 1943.
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10. After Christmas II, 20 June 1943.
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11. After Christmas II, 27 June 1943.
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12. After Christmas II, 5 July 1943.
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13. After Christmas II, 6 July 1943.
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14. After Christmas II, 7 July 1943.
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CHAPTER IX
1. After Christmas II, 7 July 1943.
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2. After Christmas II, 8 July 1943.
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3. After Christmas II, 9 July 1943.
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4. After Christmas II, 12 July 1943.
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5. After Christmas II, 9 July 1943.
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6. After Christmas II, 7 July 1943.
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7. After Christmas II, 13 July 1943; 16 July 1943.
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8. After Christmas II, 19 July 1943.
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9. After Christmas II, 20 July 1943.
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10. After Christmas II, 23 July 1943.
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11. After Christmas II, 25 July 1943.
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12. After Christmas II, 1 August 1943.
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13. After Christmas II, 2 August 1943.
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14. After Christmas II, 26 August 1943.
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CHAPTER X
1. After Christmas II, October 1943 (no specific day given).
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2. After Christmas II, 16 October 1943.
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3. After Christmas II, 18 October 1943.
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4. After Christmas II, 24 October 1943.
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5. After Christmas II, 18 November 1943.
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6. BP to HH, 26 May 1944.
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7. BP to HH, 26 May 1944.
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8. BP to HH, 26 May 1944.
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CHAPTER XI
1. Naples Diary (MS. Pym 110), 17 September 1944.
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2. Naples Diary (MS. Pym 110), 17 September 1944.
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3. Naples Diary, 17 September 1944.
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4. Naples Diary, 17 September 1944.
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5. Naples Diary, 17 September 1944.
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6. Naples Diary, 18 September 1944.
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7. Naples Diary, 26 September 1944.
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8. Naples Diary, 26 September 1944.
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9. Naples Diary, 26 September 1944.
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10. Naples Diary, 3 October 1944.
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11. Naples Diary, 3 October 1944.
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12. Naples Diary, 14 October 1944.
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13. Naples Diary, 17 October 1944.
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14. Naples Diary, 18 October 1944.
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15. Naples Diary, 18 October 1944.
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16. Naples Diary, 24 October 1944.
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17. RL to BP, 16 November 1944.
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18. Jane Austen, Persuasion (1818), volume 2, chapter 11, copied into Naples Diary.
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19. Persuasion, volume 2, chapter 11, copied into Naples Diary.
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20. Naples Diary, 26 October–3 November 1944.
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21. Naples Diary, 16–21 November 1944.
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CHAPTER XII
1. Naples Diary, 25 December 1944.
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2. Naples Diary, 24–25 March 1945.
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3. Naples Diary, 24–25 March 1945.
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4. Naples Diary, 1945, no specific date.
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5. RL to BP, 8 August, 1944.
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6. RL to BP, 8 August, 1944.
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BOOK THE FIFTH: MISS PYM IN PIMLICO
CHAPTER I
1. BP to HH, 7 November 1945.
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2. EW, p. 2.
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3. BP to HH, 7 November 1945.
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4. BP to RL, 24 August 1945.
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5. BP to HH, 5 June 1946.
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CHAPTER II
1. BP to HH, 5 June 1946.
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2. BP to HH, 5 June 1946.
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3. BP to HH, 20 February 1946.
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4. BP to HH, 17 October 1946.
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5. ALTA, p. 141.
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6. RL to BP, 20 May 1946.
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7. RL to BP, 20 May 1946.
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CHAPTER III
1. RL to BP, 17 April 1947.
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2. RL to BP, 17 April 1947.
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3. BP to HH (Bodleian MS. 9827), 5 June 1946.
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4. RL to BP, 2 August 1945.
