1 De Aar
2 Aug 8th 1909
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4 I wonder if this will find you still in England. If so it will reach
5you just about the 30th to bring you my love. But I fear you will have
6left.
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8 I got a note from Sir Charles Dilke this mail. He didn’t mention
9having seen you; but he seems to feel no hope for the success of any
10attempt for the natives.
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12 I have had no direct news of you folk since the note you posted to me
13at Madiera, but Emma wrote me last week that you had been to
14Eastbourne. I do hope you stay for a six weeks at Nauheim as it will
15be some time before you go again. But I expect the three in Cape Town
16will hurry you back.
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18 We seem to have had two bad wrecks near Cape Town which I fear will
19make Fan a bit nervous of the sea!
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21 Ha
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23 Since you left I’ve seen no one & done nothing. I’ve been very ill
24most of the time this climate kills me. I’ve been able to get though
25my household work but that’s all.
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27 Good bye dear Laddie
28 Love to the wife & Dot.
29 Your little sister
30 Ol
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32 We to K Our friend Charlie who used to be head master in St Andrews
33College & is now in the Education department in the Transvaal is
34coming to spend the 17th with us on his way to Cape Town. It’s a
35great event to me to see a human creature. I’ve hardly spoken to any
36one since I left Cape Town.
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38 Tell me a little about Dot.
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40 Jabavu seems to have stood out finely, eh?
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