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| Letter Reference | Olive Schreiner: Mary Sauer MSC 26/2.11.69 |
| Archive | National Library of South Africa, Special Collections, Cape Town |
| Epistolary Type | Letter |
| Letter Date | 1 March 1894 |
| Address From | Krantz Plaats, Halesowen, Eastern Cape |
| Address To | |
| Who To | Mary Sauer nee Cloete |
| Other Versions | Rive 1987: 235 |
| Permissions | Please read before using or citing this transcription |
| Legend |
The Project is grateful to the National Library of South Africa (NLSA), Cape Town, for kindly allowing us to transcribe this Olive Schreiner letter, which is part of its Special Collections. The date has been written on this letter in an unknown hand.
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My darling Mary,
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3 It's beautiful to think you will so soon be here. You will hear when
4you arrive that I was married on the 24th. Cron & I are very happy
5together, more like two children than a man & a woman, I mean, we are
6such "chums" & feel on such an equality. I know you will love Cron. He
7saw you once in Cape Town in the Parliament House & liked you; he sat
8next you. This is a wild quiet lonely farm, but I like it.
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10 Dear, I hope it will be very beautiful for you, coming out again: &
11that life will be richer & fuller for you, after your English
12experiences.
13
14 Good bye my darling. It is so beautiful to think you are coming.
15 Olive
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17 Write to me as soon as you land, & have a little time to spare.
18Address
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20 Mrs Olive Schreiner
21 Krantz Plaats
22 PO Halesowen
23
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3 It's beautiful to think you will so soon be here. You will hear when
4you arrive that I was married on the 24th. Cron & I are very happy
5together, more like two children than a man & a woman, I mean, we are
6such "chums" & feel on such an equality. I know you will love Cron. He
7saw you once in Cape Town in the Parliament House & liked you; he sat
8next you. This is a wild quiet lonely farm, but I like it.
9
10 Dear, I hope it will be very beautiful for you, coming out again: &
11that life will be richer & fuller for you, after your English
12experiences.
13
14 Good bye my darling. It is so beautiful to think you are coming.
15 Olive
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17 Write to me as soon as you land, & have a little time to spare.
18Address
19
20 Mrs Olive Schreiner
21 Krantz Plaats
22 PO Halesowen
23
Notation
Rive's (1987) version omits part of this letter and is also in a number of respects incorrect.
Rive's (1987) version omits part of this letter and is also in a number of respects incorrect.