Above: Paris, 11 November 1944. From Diana in Algiers, 12 August 1944: “Duckling’s telegram announcing his arrival added a message to Wormwood to the effect that he would be happy to shake his hand.... No good; Worm would rather not. So Duckling arrived and walked across the beautiful morning-lit court in khaki with harlequin chest, heavy and weary, a little infirm and unsmiling, but in ten minutes the talk began to flow and, with the flow, the grins and fun, the youth and strength.” Th...
