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| Letter Reference | Olive Schreiner BC16/Box6/Fold4/1918/11 |
| Archive | University of Cape Town, Manuscripts & Archives, Cape Town |
| Epistolary Type | Letter |
| Letter Date | Monday 25 March 1918 |
| Address From | 9 Porchester Place, Edgware Road, Westminster, London |
| Address To | |
| Who To | William Philip ('Will') Schreiner |
| Other Versions | |
| 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 month of this letter has been written on in an unknown hand.
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19 Porchester Place
2Monday the 25th ^1918^
3
4Dear old Will
5
6Thank you, dear for the valuable gift & the word.
7
8No Will, I shall not see what I hunger for. The world I love lies
9across four thousand years! But what of that. – For a thousand years
10are in thy sight but as yesterday, when it is past, & as a watch in
11the night.”
12
13Good bye dear.
14
15I’ve never thanked you for all your goodness to me that night of the
16raid when I slept in drawingroom. All the little things you brought in
17for me. It was so like father. Ollie is like father too.
18
19My love to you all
20Your old old sister
21Ol
22
2Monday the 25th ^1918^
3
4Dear old Will
5
6Thank you, dear for the valuable gift & the word.
7
8No Will, I shall not see what I hunger for. The world I love lies
9across four thousand years! But what of that. – For a thousand years
10are in thy sight but as yesterday, when it is past, & as a watch in
11the night.”
12
13Good bye dear.
14
15I’ve never thanked you for all your goodness to me that night of the
16raid when I slept in drawingroom. All the little things you brought in
17for me. It was so like father. Ollie is like father too.
18
19My love to you all
20Your old old sister
21Ol
22
Notation
The quotation is from Psalms 90, 4: 'For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night'.
The quotation is from Psalms 90, 4: 'For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night'.