22/1/70
"The bright hot sunshine comes mainly from my new servant Hassan (shades of James Elroy [Flecker]) who is literally first class cook & adorable man; & who, instead of standing over me & boring as the Belgian lady did, does his work and thinks silently about the desert..."
Nancy Mitford to Heywood Hill
Still from 'Julnar of the Sea,' a vaudeville production from 1919 starring Lillian Powell and Miles Smith, based on one of the tales from 'Arabian Nights.' Found at the New York Public Library.
2 comments:
But don't you have a Celt for these contingencies?
We had to let him go, spending far too much time philandering with the Dutch dairymaid.
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