"Meeting, you are large enough to take me impersonally" Read the full letter
| Letter Reference | Olive Schreiner BC16/Box7/Fold4/Mar-Dec1920/29 |
| Archive | University of Cape Town, Manuscripts & Archives, Cape Town |
| Epistolary Type | Letter |
| Letter Date | Wednesday October 1920 |
| Address From | Oak Hall, Wynburg, Cape Town, Western Cape |
| Address To | |
| 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 month and year have been written on this letter in an unknown hand. Schreiner was resident at Oak Hall, Wynburg, from late October 1920 to her death on 11 December 1920.
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1Wednesday
2
3My darling old sister
4
5I wish I was with you still. I would come this afternoon only I fancy
6Ursie will have taken you to her house. You have had blow after blow
7in the last two years - but oh darling she is at rest & will never
8know that pained cruel suffering anymore.
9
10I want to go to her funeral if I can. Please let Ursie telephone me
11where it is to be & at what hour.
12
13Olive
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2
3My darling old sister
4
5I wish I was with you still. I would come this afternoon only I fancy
6Ursie will have taken you to her house. You have had blow after blow
7in the last two years - but oh darling she is at rest & will never
8know that pained cruel suffering anymore.
9
10I want to go to her funeral if I can. Please let Ursie telephone me
11where it is to be & at what hour.
12
13Olive
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