March 20 Friday – Isabel Lyon’s journal: We went to the Hastings for tea today at four o’clock, It was assembled out on the beautiful point, and though there were a lot of people there, our own clan was the dearest. The others gave us no thrills. The King and I drove over with Mr. and Mrs. Rogers, the Rajah on the box, (Betsy is naughty—she says Mrs. Rogers could be called a Eunuch because she is the Rajah’s manager.) and after the tea and the sandwiches we drove around to the North Shore, and got out to look down a cliff side into the water 100 feet below. To look into Bermuda water, it is a blast of poetry just to say it. The King is having a darling time with 2 little girls—Jean Spurr and Helen Martin. Jean wears a blond wig and has no eye brows or lashes, but the King doesn’t care about a detail like that. He sees into her fair young soul and is very glad [MTP: IVL TS 34-35]. Note: see Mar. 23 entry.