1c/o Dr Parker
2Llandrindod Wells / Wales
3Thursday
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5Dear Havelock
6
7I don’t know what to say about Llandrindod. The air here is very, even
8strangely, pure – but ever since I came a damp West Wind has been
9blowing & you know how I hate damp. It has rained & rained; but I
10would much rather have rain than this heavy still moist air. This is
11how I have always pictured Cornwall. There’s such an absence of strong
12winds such as you have on the East Coast. But a person who thinks
13Cornwall nice would certainly like this For the country in England
14this place is dry. The moment it has rained every drop of water runs
15off & you can walk out in the most astonishing way. The wells are said
16to be splendid. The place is full. But if you told me some time before
17hand I could might g I think get you rooms or a boarding house. There
18are very good splendid hotels here, but expensive. Tell me what you
19would pay at most at an Hotel & what at a Boarding House and whan for
20rooms & whether you want 2 or 1 bedroom & one sitting room ^or what.^
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22Having my teeth out has wonderfully & at once relieved my^ head & the^
23cough & breathing but the heart & internal pains remain the same.
24Still the pain ?of ^in my head^ from which I have suffered from so many
25years being gone I look much better, & my eyes are more open.
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27I am boarding with my friends the Parkers. Dr Park is a terrible
28sufferer from Rheumatism that’s why he came here. His wife also is
29delicate, but I think he understands these wells & the treatment here
30thoroughly. I am having no treatment as having my teeth out cost so
31much, & next year I must get some teeth in as its so difficult to talk.
32 I must save up for that.
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34I think I would like Llandrindod if I had friends here or a trap to
35drive out in. The Parkers are dear gentle folk but I never see them
36except to a short while at dinner ^lunch^ & supper – we have no dinner,
37we have a light meal at six – which just suits me – & at 9 exactly
38they both go to bed, & send up to my room a cup & Bengers food, which
39they both & by 9:30 the house is dark & quiet. I have my breakfast in
40my room – so I’m pretty much alone all day, & sit here at my window
41watching the grey Hills & mist & clouds. They say they sometimes have
42lovely whether
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44^Here bright sun & breezes but I haven’t seen that yet. Of course an
45African takes a different view of these matters from an English person.^
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48Good bye
49Olive
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51^If you come here I’ll stay, if not, I’ll leave early in September.^
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