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| Letter Reference | Schreiner-Hemming Family BC 1080 A1.7/110 |
| Archive | University of Cape Town, Manuscripts & Archives, Cape Town |
| Epistolary Type | Letter |
| Letter Date | 16 April 1910 |
| Address From | De Aar, Northern Cape |
| Address To | |
| Who To | Henrietta (‘Ettie’) Schreiner m. Stakesby Lewis (1891) |
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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.
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1
De Aar
2April 16th 1910
3
4 My darling
5
6 Since last night I have been thinking so much of you. I do hope you
7have a little more ease. Oh for the old strength, the old power to
8fight – the old self. Its that one we have lived with all our life,
9& whom we shall never see again, whom its so hard to part with – To
10know we shall never feel her within us. That is death.
11
12 When they say we die there will be nothing left to die.
13
14 I am always thinking of you, dear one.
15
16 Olive
17
18 I hope our sweet little Robert is better. That bright happy little
19smile he used to have is hope coming back. Effie is very brave about
20it. How brave people often are when the real great ^tragedies of life
21have to be faced.^
2April 16th 1910
3
4 My darling
5
6 Since last night I have been thinking so much of you. I do hope you
7have a little more ease. Oh for the old strength, the old power to
8fight – the old self. Its that one we have lived with all our life,
9& whom we shall never see again, whom its so hard to part with – To
10know we shall never feel her within us. That is death.
11
12 When they say we die there will be nothing left to die.
13
14 I am always thinking of you, dear one.
15
16 Olive
17
18 I hope our sweet little Robert is better. That bright happy little
19smile he used to have is hope coming back. Effie is very brave about
20it. How brave people often are when the real great ^tragedies of life
21have to be faced.^