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| Letter Reference | Olive Schreiner BC16/Box4/Fold4/1911/32 |
| Archive | University of Cape Town, Manuscripts & Archives, Cape Town |
| Epistolary Type | Letter |
| Letter Date | Thursday 13 July 1911 |
| Address From | De Aar, Northern Cape |
| Address To | Villa Flandre, Newlands, Cape Town, Western Cape |
| Who To | Frances (‘Fan’) Schreiner nee Reitz |
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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.
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Thursday
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3 My dear old sister
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5 I have been thinking of you all this week, with your nest empty of its
6two young ones. Will will come back soon – but from then its a long
7parting. I know so well all you are feeling though you are so brave
8about it & say so little. Please let me know if you hear of their
9arriving at Madiera or England. They’ll have a wild party on board
10with the Merrimans & Purcells.
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12 Our awful winds have begun here already: they ought not to begin till
13the end of the month, but I’m keeping very fit.
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15 I wish I could come down & see Dot & you while our folks are away.
16Perhaps I shall manage it but I dont think so. You see I have to be
17away from de Aar in Jan & Feb & March & generally December, so I never
18like to leave till the heat absolutely drives me. It’s the only time
19I can be here. And then in the summer you are at the sea side where I
20can’t come.
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22 Ruth Alexander & her husband will be passing down from Kimberley next
23week, & are going to spend one day here with me. Its such a treat to
24see any one.
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26 Good bye dearest old sissie
27 Your little sister
28 Olive
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3 My dear old sister
4
5 I have been thinking of you all this week, with your nest empty of its
6two young ones. Will will come back soon – but from then its a long
7parting. I know so well all you are feeling though you are so brave
8about it & say so little. Please let me know if you hear of their
9arriving at Madiera or England. They’ll have a wild party on board
10with the Merrimans & Purcells.
11
12 Our awful winds have begun here already: they ought not to begin till
13the end of the month, but I’m keeping very fit.
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15 I wish I could come down & see Dot & you while our folks are away.
16Perhaps I shall manage it but I dont think so. You see I have to be
17away from de Aar in Jan & Feb & March & generally December, so I never
18like to leave till the heat absolutely drives me. It’s the only time
19I can be here. And then in the summer you are at the sea side where I
20can’t come.
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22 Ruth Alexander & her husband will be passing down from Kimberley next
23week, & are going to spend one day here with me. Its such a treat to
24see any one.
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26 Good bye dearest old sissie
27 Your little sister
28 Olive
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