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| Letter Reference | Olive Schreiner BC16/Box6/Fold1/July-Dec1915/26 |
| Archive | University of Cape Town, Manuscripts & Archives, Cape Town |
| Epistolary Type | Letter |
| Letter Date | Tuesday 28 September 1915 |
| Address From | Trevaldwyn, Llandrindod Wells, Wales |
| Address To | |
| Who To | Frances (‘Fan’) Schreiner nee Reitz |
| Other Versions | |
| Permissions | Please read before using or citing this transcription |
| Legend |
The Project is grateful to Manuscripts and Archives, University of Cape Town, for kindly allowing us to transcribe this Olive Schreiner letter, which is part of its Manuscripts and Archives Collections. The date has been written on this letter in an unknown hand. The letter is on printed headed notepaper.
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1Trevaldwyn,
2Llandrindod Wells.
3Tuesday
4
5Dear Fan
6
7I am thinking all the time of you & Will. You will I know write & send
8me a wire as soon as you have any news. Perhaps you know just where
9the boy is; I have no idea. He told me in his letters he was going
10back to the Trenches on Saturday. ?So whatever ?hot places he may
11?go is safe now.
12
13One doesn’t know what to believe in the papers & what not. It may be
14a new Neuw Chappel, but we shall not know the truth for a long time. I
15am glad Will & you are together.
16
17Olive
18
19Whar ^May^ & Dr Parker send greetings to you & Will. They are dear
20people I do love them so. My friend Miss Brackenbury is here too; she
21is so interested in our boy whom she met at Nauheim.
22
23Percy Molteno’s only daughter spent three days with us here. She’s
24a beautiful noble type of girl.
25
26^Thank you so much for your letter.^
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2Llandrindod Wells.
3Tuesday
4
5Dear Fan
6
7I am thinking all the time of you & Will. You will I know write & send
8me a wire as soon as you have any news. Perhaps you know just where
9the boy is; I have no idea. He told me in his letters he was going
10back to the Trenches on Saturday. ?So whatever ?hot places he may
11?go is safe now.
12
13One doesn’t know what to believe in the papers & what not. It may be
14a new Neuw Chappel, but we shall not know the truth for a long time. I
15am glad Will & you are together.
16
17Olive
18
19Whar ^May^ & Dr Parker send greetings to you & Will. They are dear
20people I do love them so. My friend Miss Brackenbury is here too; she
21is so interested in our boy whom she met at Nauheim.
22
23Percy Molteno’s only daughter spent three days with us here. She’s
24a beautiful noble type of girl.
25
26^Thank you so much for your letter.^
27