From terms of address in The Animals: Love Letters Between Christopher Isherwood and Don Bachardy, edited by Katherine Bucknell, published last month by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. Isherwood met Bachardy, a portrait artist, in 1953, when he was forty-eight and Bachardy was eighteen. They remained partners until Isherwood’s death, in 1986.

Darling Cat Horse
Dearest Treasure Dub
Dearest Drubchen
Dearest Raggledub
Dear Longed-for Colt
Sacred Pinknose
Sweet Longed-for Flufftail
Dear Plumed Pleasuring-Plug
Dearest Only Angelhorse
Basket Jewel