Chronology Entry
Year
1941.03
Text
Hahn, Emily. [Besuch bei Ernest Hemingway in Hong Kong]. [Interview with Arthur Gomes ; Oct. 4 (1995).]
"When the Hemingways were in Hong Kong I was very pregnant indeed with Charles' [Boxer] daughter [Carola Militia Boxer]. We were not married, as he had a wife sitting out the war in Singapore… I was pretty much of a scandal in the community, walking down Des Voeux Road, and Ernest was sitting in front of the Hong Kong Hotel, now deceased, drinking a Bloody Mary (which he introduced to the colony). He asked me to join him. They had been at may place the evening before. I joined him, and in the middle of a sentence he suddenly said, "What's going to happen to Charles about this baby ? Won't they kick him out of the army ? " "No", I said. "They daren't, because he's the only man they have who can speak Japanese". He looked doubtful. "Tell you what", he said. "You can tell 'em it's mine"."
"When the Hemingways were in Hong Kong I was very pregnant indeed with Charles' [Boxer] daughter [Carola Militia Boxer]. We were not married, as he had a wife sitting out the war in Singapore… I was pretty much of a scandal in the community, walking down Des Voeux Road, and Ernest was sitting in front of the Hong Kong Hotel, now deceased, drinking a Bloody Mary (which he introduced to the colony). He asked me to join him. They had been at may place the evening before. I joined him, and in the middle of a sentence he suddenly said, "What's going to happen to Charles about this baby ? Won't they kick him out of the army ? " "No", I said. "They daren't, because he's the only man they have who can speak Japanese". He looked doubtful. "Tell you what", he said. "You can tell 'em it's mine"."
Mentioned People (2)
Hahn, Emily
(St. Luis, Miss. 1905-1997 New York, N.Y.) : Schriftstellerin, Journalistin
Hemingway, Ernest
(Oak Park, Ill. 1899-1961 Selbstmord, Ketchum, Idaho) : Schriftsteller, Reporter
Subjects
Literature : Occident : United States of America
Documents (1)
| # | Year | Bibliographical Data | Type / Abbreviation | Linked Data |
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| 1 | 1985 | Meyer, Jeffrey. Hemingway : a biography. (New York, N.Y. : Harper & Row, 1985). S. 359. | Publication / Hem3 |
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