Amaryllis Garnett

A biographer of White notes that in the book "Children are never told that their elders are better than they are or taught Algebra, just Oeconomy, Natural History, and other subjects dealing with life, a situation which would doubtless have delighted Amaryllis Garnett.

[7] In 1962, she appeared in a production of Medea, when a reviewer commented "Amaryllis Garnett, as the Leader of the Chorus, made one listen to what sounded uncannily like Eliot-inspired reflection, not to admire its sonority but to unravel its philosophical implications.

"[8] In 1966, Garnett had her first screen role in an ITV Play of the Week written by John Mortimer called A Choice of Kings.

[15] In her late twenties, Garnett was living on a houseboat on the River Thames, moored by Battersea Bridge at Chelsea, which had been bought for her by her parents.

[18] On an afternoon in May 1973, David Plante and Mark Lancaster took Garnett and her two sisters, all in long dresses, out to a club, where they danced together, while the men watched.

[21] In her biography of Duncan Grant of 1997, Frances Spalding gives the view that "Amaryllis was a rare combination of character, imagination and friendliness.