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| Letter Reference | Olive Schreiner BC16/Box7/Fold3/Jan-Feb1920/14 |
| Archive | University of Cape Town, Manuscripts & Archives, Cape Town |
| Epistolary Type | Letter |
| Letter Date | Friday 23 January 1920 |
| Address From | 9 Porchester Place, Edgware Road, Westminster, London |
| Address To | |
| Who To | Betty Molteno |
| 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 of this letter has been written on in an unknown hand. Schreiner was resident at Porchester Place from early April 1917 until August 1920, when she left Britain for South Africa.
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1Friday
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3Darling Betty
4
5I don’t know if you will feel able to read the enclosed letter to me
6from Lucy; about little Lucy & Anna Purcell. Please return it. Try to
7keep on reading, & walking. I have your card. Our darling seems to
8take little nourishment now.
9
10Good bye. You know how I am with you
11Olive
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2
3Darling Betty
4
5I don’t know if you will feel able to read the enclosed letter to me
6from Lucy; about little Lucy & Anna Purcell. Please return it. Try to
7keep on reading, & walking. I have your card. Our darling seems to
8take little nourishment now.
9
10Good bye. You know how I am with you
11Olive
12
Notation
The enclosed letter is no longer attached.
The enclosed letter is no longer attached.