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Letter ReferenceOlive Schreiner BC16/Box 12/Fold1/Undated/30
ArchiveUniversity of Cape Town, Manuscripts & Archives, Cape Town
Epistolary TypeLetter
Letter DateSaturday 1900
Address FromHanover, Northern Cape
Address To
Who ToJulie Brown
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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 year has been written on this letter in an unknown hand.
1Saturday
2Hanover
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4Yes, Julie darling, money can’t pay for love or sympathy, not even
5the least little touch of it. But that’s no reason why one
6shouldn’t pay for what can be paid for & take the love & sympathy as
7priceless!! You will never know what you were to me after those long
8awful ten days of loneliness. I was much better at Matjesfontein I
9thought I was going to get well, but I’m bad here.
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11Cron is going to de Aar for a couple of months on Monday. I am going
12with him but if I can’t stand the sand & heat I must come back here.
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14Dear, if ever I send for you or Elsie you must promise me you won’t
15come to leave the little Mother alone. If one is out nursing & one
16with her, then you must get another nurse for me.
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18I don’t think I shall go on long ^without help^ but per-haps I shall
19have a little better turn: It is the kidneys that won’t act, but
20perh its no use getting drugs for that as the doctors say it all comes
21from the heart.
22
23// I am so thankful the dear mother has you & Elsie.
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25Good bye darling
26Olive
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