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| Letter Reference | Olive Schreiner BC16/Box7/Fold4/Mar-Dec1920/19 |
| Archive | University of Cape Town, Manuscripts & Archives, Cape Town |
| Epistolary Type | Letter |
| Letter Date | 2 September 1920 |
| Address From | Birzana, Plumstead, Cape Town, Western Cape |
| Address To | 9 Porchester Place, Edgware Road, Westminster, London |
| Who To | Betty Molteno |
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The manuscript of this letter by Olive Schreiner belongs to the Archive referenced above; its ownership of the original should be acknowledged by referencing the letter as indicated: Copyright transcription: © Olive Schreiner Letters Project. This transcription can be freely used as long as copyright is acknowledged and it is referenced using the following citation: ‘Olive Schreiner to Betty Molteno, 2 September 1920, UCT Manuscripts & Archives, Olive Schreiner Letters Project transcription’. Please also supply letter line numbers for specific quotations.
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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 of this letter is derived from the postmark on an attached envelope, which also provides the name of the addressee and the address it was sent to.
1: c/o Mrs Scott
2: Binzana
3: Plumstead
4:
5: We got here on Monday. We had a terrible storm the last two days &
6: nights & the cold was bitter. When we got into the docks at 10.30,
7: Will Schreiner & my niece Mrs Earp & her husband & the two dear
8: Mushetts & Ruth Alexander were there waiting & Dot Fan & Ednas
9: relations came later. I went with the Mushetts & Ruth to lunch at
10: Cartwrights. It was nice to taste real bread & real butter & real
11: fresh fish again. Then the Mushetts drove me out here in a Taxi.
12:
13: Ursies little house is very sweet & the babe lovely, & clever.
14:
15: Lord & Lady Buxton sent me a letter to the steamer asking me to dine
16: with them the next day as they are leaving, but of course I had to
17: refuse.
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19: Dear Anna, oh looking so sweet but so aged, has been twice to see me &
20: many other friends, but I have heard nothing from Lucy, or any of them.
21: Will tell you when I hear. There is a dear little house close to Fans
22: empty, but they wont let it: want to sell it for £1000 pounds. No one
23: will let rooms or houses they only want to sell but I shall find some
24: place. I may have to go to an Hotel. Food is cheaper & splendid in
25: quality here than in England, but clothes &c are fabulous. I wore your
26: little green shawl the whole way out It was such a comfort, my darling
27:
28: Ill write again next week
29: Olive
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