1 Darling Mary
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3 It was so sweet to see your face; you are much more beautiful than
4you've ever been before. I wish I had a photograph of you just as you
5looked yesterday afternoon. We shall likely leave on Saturday night
6for Kimberley or Sunday. Cron arrives tomorrow morning. I came down to
7try & get my brother or Innes to take the case & come up to Kimberley.
8I would with joy have paid them £150: but they are both retained by
9de Beers, so couldn't have taken a case which is practically against
10Rhodes, though superficially against old Cornwall. Of course there
11isn't the slightest hope for us against a splendid man like Solomon,
12if we haven't one of the big men. But I don't mind; some day a
13stronger man than Cron with more money to fight with will come along,
14& he will show their evil. I don't believe absolute injustice &
15oppression can go on forever unpunished, though they may go on long,
16so long that one at times almost doubts everything.
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18 I shall be so glad to be back in my sweet little home in Kimberley
19again. I hope you will get a splendid nurse, one who will make you
20really comfortable.
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22 Good bye dear one. I wish so little Peter had come while I was here
23that I could be the first person to kiss him & love him.
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25 Olive
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