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Letter ReferenceHRC/UNCAT/OS-4
ArchiveHarry Ransom Center, University of Texas, Austin
Epistolary TypeLetter
Letter DateWednesday 12 November 1884
Address From144 Marina, St Leonards, East Sussex
Address To24 Thornsett Road, South Penge Park, London
Who ToHavelock Ellis
Other VersionsDraznin 1992: 210
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Legend
The Project is grateful to the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center, the University of Texas at Austin, for kindly allowing us to transcribe this Olive Schreiner letter, which is part of its Manuscript Collections. This letter has been dated by reference to information written onto it by Ellis. An associated envelope provides the address the letter was sent to. Schreiner was resident in St Leonards at different addresses from mid October 1884 to the end of April 1885.
1Wednesday Night
26.40
3
4Wilfred came this evening now he is gone. You are just getting to
5Anerly now I think. I feel somehow so happy.
6
7I will be able to work very much. I wish I had made my man happier.
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9But he was a little happy & he made me so happy.
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11Olive
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13Later
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15I feel so quiet & happy. I am going to bed. Only just now when I
16passed the window & looked out at the lamps I wanted you so.
17
18I didn’t pay him for the pens, but never mind.
19
Notation
Draznin's (1992) version of this letter is in some respects different from our transcription.