Gertrude Bell (74 page)

327
“
She will take some handling”
: Letter from A. T. Wilson, Oct. 1919

327
“
My own feeling”
: GLB letter, 12 Feb., in Burgoyne,
Bell
,
1914–1926
, p. 128

327
“
I wish I carried more weight”
: GLB letter, 12 Jan. 1920, ibid., p. 125

327
“
I confess”
: GLB letter, 23 May 1920

327
“
Sir P.C.”
: GLB to Chirol, 28 Dec. 1919

328
“. . .
my own path”
: GLB letter, 14 June 1920, in Burgoyne,
Bell
,
1914–1926
, p. 140

328
“
Of course we can't prevent it”
: GLB letter, 14 June, ibid.

329
“
I've just got Mother's letter”
: GLB letter, 17 Jan. 1921

330
“
I've just written”
: GLB letter, 7 Mar. 1920, in Burgoyne,
Bell
,
1914–1926
, p. 131

330
“
I have written to”
: GLB letter, 14 Jan. 1920, ibid., p. 124

331
“
From Mr. Montagu for Miss Bell”
: 6 Aug. 1920, ibid., p. 154

331
“. . .
Colonel Wilson gives me every opportunity”
: GLB to Montagu, 6 Aug. 1920, ibid.

332
“
Miss Bell. When Sir Percy Cox”
: A. T. Wilson, 6 Aug. 1920, ibid., p. 155

332
“
On this we shook hands”
: GLB letter, 7 Aug. 1920, ibid.

332
A private letter
: 17 June 1922

334
“
It is quite impossible to tell you”
: GLB letter, 17 Oct. 1920, in Burgoyne,
Bell
,
1914–1926
, p. 455

334
“
Oh, if we can pull this thing off”
: GLB letter, 1 Nov. 1920, ibid., p. 462

335
In May 1885
: For the accounts of Faisal's early life, Mrs. Steuart Erskine,
King Faisal of Iraq
, and Philip Graves (ed.),
King Abdullah of Transjordan: Memoirs

335
Following hallowed tradition
: From the account of Faisal in the desert, T. E. Lawrence,
The Seven Pillars of Wisdom

338
ready for the rebellion
: From the account of the Arab Revolt, ibid.

340
“
I had believed these misfortunes”
: Ibid., book 1.

342
Lawrence was also deeply involved
: Lawrence's admission that on the subject of the Arab Revolt he owed much to Gertrude—from a radio broadcast by Elizabeth Robins of 17 Sept. 1926; nos. 14 and 36, Miscellaneous Collection, GLB Archives, RL. Mentioned in Liora Lukitz,
A Quest in the Middle East
, p. 237.

345
“
or I shall consider you a traitor”
: Steuart Erskine,
Faisal
, p. 76

346
“
He combined the qualities”
: In a broadcast of 8 Sept. 1933

347
“
In our own country”
: From an unsigned, undated document, part handwritten, “Great Britain and the Iraq; an Experiment in Anglo-Asiatic relations,” in Miscellaneous Collection, GLB Archives, RL

348
Gertrude, a third of the way
: Descriptions of the Paris Peace Conference from Margaret MacMillan,
Peacemakers

348
“
I've dropped into a world so amazing”
: GLB letter, 7 Mar. 1919

349
“
Colonel T. E. Lawrence . . . seems”
: Keay,
Sowing the Wind
, p. 132

349
“
The first deception occurred”
: Steuart Erskine,
Faisal
, pp. 96–97

350
On 6 February Faisal
: Address to the Supreme Council, MacMillan,
Peacemakers
, p. 402

351
“
After dinner T.E.L. explained”
: GLB letter, 26 Mar. 1919, in Burgoyne,
Bell
,
1914–1926
, p. 110

352
“
O my dear”
: GLB to Aubrey Herbert, in MacMillan,
Peacemakers
, p. 411

352
“
In John's studio”
: Untitled, undated paper by GLB in Miscellaneous Collection, GLB Archives, RL

353
“
the establishment in Palestine”
: MacMillan,
Peacemakers
, p. 427

353
“
Mr. Balfour's Zionist pronouncement”
: Ibid.

354
“
Palestine for the Jews”
: GLB to General Clayton, 22 Jan. 1918

354
the leading Zionist
: For Weizmann, MacMillan,
Peacemakers
, p. 427

356
“
In one respect Palestine”
: Unsigned, undated document, “Palestine,” in Miscellaneous Collection, GLB Archives, RL

357
“
Faisal, with his high ideals”
: GLB interview with Faisal in Augustus John's studio, ibid.

358
General Gouraud arrived
: Account of Gouraud's ultimatum to Faisal, Steuart Erskine,
Faisal
, p. 104

358
“
The resistance of the Arabs”
: GLB's undated handwritten notes, item 12, “French Policy in Syria” in Miscellaneous Collection, GLB Archives, RL

359
“
The tears stood in his eyes”
: Storrs,
Orientations
, p. 506

359
“
In my opinion”
: Untitled, undated paper by GLB, Miscellaneous Collection, GLB Archives, RL

360
“. . .
the growing hatred of French control”
: GLB paper, “The Syrian Situation and Its Bearings on Iraq,” typescript enclosed with a letter of 17 Nov. 1925 and marked “strictly confidential,” in Miscellaneous Collection, GLB Archives, RL

360
“
the Druzes, flawlessly courageous”
: Ibid.

362
“
I wish there were more people”
: GLB letter, 18 Dec. 1922

362
“
‘My Lady' he answered”
: GLB letter, 1 Nov. 1920

362
“
Cox sent an admirable letter”
: GLB letter, July 1921

362
“
We were all agreed”
: GLB letter, 18 Dec. 1920

363
“
Sunni opinion [in Iraq]”
: GLB to Chirol, 4 Feb. 1921

364
“
I said the matter was entirely”
: GLB letter, 18 Dec. 1920

364
“
I feel quite clear in my own mind”
: GLB letter, Christmas Day 1920, in Burgoyne,
Bell
,
1914–1926
, p. 193

365
Churchill, however
: Churchill and expenditure: Martin Gilbert,
Churchill: A Life
, pp. 431, 433

366
“
The people of England”
: T. E. Lawrence, “Mesopotamia,” article for the
Sunday Times
, 22 Aug. 1920

367
“
Amid potations of whisky”
: GLB letter, 24 Feb. 1921, in Burgoyne,
Bell, 1914–1926
, p. 209

367
“
We covered more work”
: GLB to Colonel Frank Balfour, 25 Mar. 1921, ibid., p. 211

368
“
Have we a policy?”
: Wyndham Deedes's statement recounted by GLB in unsigned, undated paper in Miscellaneous Collection, GLB Archives, RL

368
“
The French in Syria”
: GLB to Chirol, 4 Feb. 1921

369
“
At the end”
: GLB letter, 25 Apr. 1921

370
“
Haji Naji”
: GLB letter, 8 May 1921

370
“
I believe Faisal is statesman enough”
: GLB letter, 19 June 1921

370
“
Can you make sure he is chosen”
: Churchill to Cox, 10 Jan. 1921, Gilbert,
Churchill: A Life
, p. 431

370
“
I don't for a moment”
: GLB letter, 12 June 1921

371
“
The rank and file of the tribesmen”
: GLB,
Review of the Civil Administration of Mesopotamia
, p. 127

372
“
It was an incitement to rebellion”
: GLB letter, 17 Apr. 1921

372
“
He was arrested in a public thoroughfare”
: Cox to Churchill, April 1921, in Winstone,
Gertrude Bell

373
“
Yesterday we had news”
: GLB letter, 23 June 1921, in Burgoyne,
Bell, 1914–1926
, p. 221

374
“
I had to part company”
: Cox, in Florence Bell,
Letters
, p. 428

375
“
had a most painful interview”
: GLB letter, 7 July 1921, in Burgoyne,
Bell, 1914–1926
, p. 224

375
“
Presently Faisal sent for me”
: GLB letter, 30 June 1921

375
“
And then there stepped forward”
: Ibid.

375
“
It was a wonderful sight”
: GLB letter, 8 July 1921

376
“
I'm immensely happy”
: GLB letter, 27 July 1921

376
And then came
: Description of Ramadi from GLB letter, 31 July 1921

377
–
78
“
a great tribesman” . . .; “He spoke in the great tongue
” . . .; “
Faisal was a little surprised
”: Ibid.

379
“
It was wonderfully interesting”
: GLB letter, 6 Aug. 1921

380
“
It lives on a perch”
: GLB letter, 21 Aug. 1921

380
“
‘Enti Iraqiyah . . .' ”
: Ibid.

381
“
Faisal looked”
: GLB letter, 28 Aug. 1921

381
“
Basrah and Amarah came”
: Ibid.

381
“
Have I ever told you”
: GLB letter, 11 Sept. 1921

384
a dervish
: From GLB letter, 17 July 1922

384
“
I'm acutely conscious”
: GLB letter, 16 Feb. 1920

385
in a modest British journal
: Faisal's story in
Everybody's Weekly
, 1 Oct. 1927

387
Lawrence is evasive
: From
Seven Pillars of Wisdom
, pp. 59–60

387
“
She stood out”
: Letter from Lawrence to Elsa Richmond, also mentioned in Elizabeth Robins's radio broadcast of 17 Sept. 1926, nos. 14 and 36, Miscellaneous Collection, GLB Archives, RL

389
“
I dined with the King”
: GLB letter, 25 Sept. 1921, Burgoyne,
Bell, 1914–1926
, p. 247

390
“
the emotional atmosphere”
: GLB letter, 4 June 1922, ibid., p. 271

391
“
Safwat Pasha”
: GLB letter, 16 July 1922

391
“
The Treaty is in
statu quo ante”: GLB letter, 30 July 1922

391
“
My heart died”
: GLB letter, 15 Aug. 1922

391
“
But will our government”
: Ibid.

392
“
We roasted great fishes”
: GLB letter, 27 Aug. 1922

392
“
I opened a parcel”
: GLB letter, 22 Feb. 1922

392
“
As soon as we were back”
: GLB letter, 27 Aug. 1922

393
“
For once Providence”
: Ibid., in Burgoyne,
Bell, 1914–1926
, p. 291

393
Faisal proclaimed the treaty
: Steuart Erskine,
Faisal
, p. 156

394
“
I was called up to the palace”
: GLB letter, 7 Oct. 1924, in Burgoyne,
Bell, 1914–1926
, p. 355

394
“
I asked him about his wife”
: GLB letter, 24 July 1921, ibid., p. 229

394
“
She's charming”
: GLB letter, 23 Dec. 1924

395
“
The King sent for me”
: GLB letter, 31 Dec. 1924, in Burgoyne,
Bell, 1914–1926
, p. 360

396
“
The train and soldiers”
: GLB letter, 14 Dec. 1924 396 “
I do pray that Husain”
: GLB letter, 7 Oct. 1924

397
“
The capture of Hail . . . religious sanction”
: GLB to Hardinge, 6 Jan. and 16 Mar., 1922, in Burgoyne,
Bell, 1914–1926
, p. 266

398
“
The King is in a mighty taking”
: GLB letter, 10 Dec. 1924, ibid., p. 359

398
“
The King had violent hysterics”
: GLB letter, 15 Oct. 1924, ibid., p. 356

399
“
Nor does Abdullah”
: GLB paper, “Transjordania,” marked “strictly confidential,” unsigned, undated, Miscellaneous Collection, GLB Archives, RL

399
“
I had come back with the conviction”
: GLB letter, 18 May 1922

399
“
The King's family, apparently”
: GLB letter, 15 Oct. 1924, in Burgoyne,
Bell, 1914–1926
, p. 356

400
“
We're in the uncomfortable position”
: GLB letter, 24 Sept. 1924

400
“
Arbil and all the Kurdish districts”
: GLB letter, 14 Aug. 1921, in Burgoyne,
Bell, 1914–1926
, p. 234

401
“
I rated them soundly”
: GLB letter, 2 Jan. 1922, ibid., p. 258