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| Letter Reference | HRC/UNCAT/OS-79 |
| Archive | Harry Ransom Center, University of Texas, Austin |
| Epistolary Type | Letter |
| Letter Date | Monday 16 November 1885 |
| Address From | 16 Portsea Place, Westminster, London |
| Address To | |
| Who To | Havelock Ellis |
| Other Versions | Draznin 1992: 387 |
| Permissions | Please read before using or citing this transcription |
| 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. Schreiner was resident at Portsea Place from mid August to late October 1885.
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1Monday.
2
3So tired Harry. I can’t write, I can’t work. I will write tomorrow.
4 I found one of your little pencils by chance. It went right to my
5heart; it seems so part of you.
6
7I am tired.
8Good night.
9Olive
10
11It was such a nice letter I got from you today telling about what you
12are doing.
13
14^Do you know that your letter came quite open.^
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3So tired Harry. I can’t write, I can’t work. I will write tomorrow.
4 I found one of your little pencils by chance. It went right to my
5heart; it seems so part of you.
6
7I am tired.
8Good night.
9Olive
10
11It was such a nice letter I got from you today telling about what you
12are doing.
13
14^Do you know that your letter came quite open.^
15
Notation
Draznin's (1992) version of this letter is in some respects different from our transcription.
Draznin's (1992) version of this letter is in some respects different from our transcription.