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| Letter Reference | Olive Schreiner BC16/Box8/Fold4/MMPr/AssortedCorres/FredPL/39 |
| Archive | University of Cape Town, Manuscripts & Archives, Cape Town |
| Epistolary Type | Letter |
| Letter Date | January 1920 |
| Address From | 9 Porchester Place, Edgware Road, Westminster, London |
| Address To | |
| Who To | Frederick (‘Fred’) Pethick-Lawrence |
| 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. A typescript only of this letter is available. The transcription here follows this typescript and includes any uncertain dates, ellipses, mistakes and so on.
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9 Porchester Place
2 About 1920. January
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4 I wonder if you are back by this time? Thank you so much for your
5letter. You have a wonderful gift of charming description. I seem to
6see the Christmas Tree and to have been at the little feast. I know
7you wouldn’t mind my showing it to a friend of mine who was
8delighted with it. If ever you hear of any interesting meetings,
9please let me have a card, especially in the day time. It is rather
10difficult for me to get home at night alone. I seem so out of touch
11with the world of men & things I love so.
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2 About 1920. January
3
4 I wonder if you are back by this time? Thank you so much for your
5letter. You have a wonderful gift of charming description. I seem to
6see the Christmas Tree and to have been at the little feast. I know
7you wouldn’t mind my showing it to a friend of mine who was
8delighted with it. If ever you hear of any interesting meetings,
9please let me have a card, especially in the day time. It is rather
10difficult for me to get home at night alone. I seem so out of touch
11with the world of men & things I love so.
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