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| Letter Reference | Olive Schreiner BC16/Box6/Fold2/1916/30 |
| Archive | University of Cape Town, Manuscripts & Archives, Cape Town |
| Epistolary Type | Letter |
| Letter Date | Sunday 25 June 1916 |
| Address From | Trevaldwyn, Llandrindod Wells, Wales |
| Address To | |
| Who To | William Philip ('Will') Schreiner |
| 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, while the name of the addressee is provided by content. Schreiner was resident at Llandrindod Wells between mid June and mid September 1916.
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1Sunday afternoon
2
3The rain is pouring in floods, dear, & I can’t help feeling there is
4some connection between all this & the deadly mass of explosions set
5free in Flanders & France. I know how your burden of anxiety will
6increase with present conditions & hope you will soon have news of the
7boy to set your heart partly at rest.
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9We have had not one fine day since I came here. I wonder if the
10weather is the same in London. It is really abnormal here for June.
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12I’m always thinking of you, dear.
13Love to Fan
14Olive
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3The rain is pouring in floods, dear, & I can’t help feeling there is
4some connection between all this & the deadly mass of explosions set
5free in Flanders & France. I know how your burden of anxiety will
6increase with present conditions & hope you will soon have news of the
7boy to set your heart partly at rest.
8
9We have had not one fine day since I came here. I wonder if the
10weather is the same in London. It is really abnormal here for June.
11
12I’m always thinking of you, dear.
13Love to Fan
14Olive
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