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| Letter Reference | Olive Schreiner BC16/Box4/Fold3/1910/15 |
| Archive | University of Cape Town, Manuscripts & Archives, Cape Town |
| Epistolary Type | Letter |
| Letter Date | Wednesday 23 July 1910 |
| Address From | De Aar, Northern Cape |
| Address To | Kenilworth House, Kenilworth, Cape Town, Western Cape |
| Who To | Caroline Murray nee Molteno |
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| Permissions | Please read before using or citing this transcription |
| Legend |
The Project is grateful to Manuscripts and Archives, University of Cape Town, for kindly allowing us to transcribe this Olive Schreiner letter, which is part of its Manuscripts and Archives Collections. The date of this letter has been derived from the postmark on an attached envelope, which also provides the address it was sent to. The final insertion is on the envelope.
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De Aar
2 Wednesday
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4 It was delightful to see you, dear Mrs Murray. But I did feel
5disappointed there was no one to meet you. I would have made you stay
6to supper but I had only cold lamb, & I knew you would get a nice hot
7dinner at the hotel. I’m beginning to work with my calabash, have
8filled it with milk & stood it near the kitchen fire.
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10 Did the girl give you the little bunch of violets I sent? Tell Anna
11Purcell how nicely they grow.
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13 I am so glad to see you looking so young & well. I can’t believe
14Betty looks younger.
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16 Thine ever
17 Olive Schreiner
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19 ^The calabash is working beautifully already.^
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2 Wednesday
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4 It was delightful to see you, dear Mrs Murray. But I did feel
5disappointed there was no one to meet you. I would have made you stay
6to supper but I had only cold lamb, & I knew you would get a nice hot
7dinner at the hotel. I’m beginning to work with my calabash, have
8filled it with milk & stood it near the kitchen fire.
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10 Did the girl give you the little bunch of violets I sent? Tell Anna
11Purcell how nicely they grow.
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13 I am so glad to see you looking so young & well. I can’t believe
14Betty looks younger.
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16 Thine ever
17 Olive Schreiner
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19 ^The calabash is working beautifully already.^
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