1 Hanover
2 Sep 30 / 02
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4 My own darling little Mother
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6 We are in our nice little house. C It is evening, about 9 o’clock.
7Cron is sitting in the little dining room writing out a will, & I am
8in my bedroom at the little table in the corner, & the family are
9asleep, ‘Arriet has been very wicked today. First early this morning
10she turned the bottle of milk over in the passage & was lapping at it
11continuously & walking about in the streaming milk on the floor. I
12rescued the other bottle & took it & boiled it; hot, & put the jug in
13the pantry window. Not long after there was a noise, & I went to the
14pantry, & there she had turned the jug over & was standing in the milk
15licking her paws clean from the cream. She always creeps up onto
16Cron’s knee at meal times, & puts her nose into his plate & licks
17little bits of food out, as she fancies them. I say her mouth is dirty,
18 but Cron sticks to it it is clean!
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20 I like this this little tiny house so much. I suppose because it’s
21so open & airy. The wind blows through it all day.
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23 I will write & let you know in good time when I am coming. It would be
24nice if I could be there for your birth-day the 25th is it not? I
25wouldn’t spend all that day with you at the Highlands as you will
26have so many other visitors but if I arrived that day I’d just hire
27a cab at the station & the run up & have one look at my darling little
28mothers face on her birthday, & then come up the next day to stay long.
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30 Good night my own sweet little mother
31 Your Olive
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33 I think of you so continually my little mother; of late you seem
34always in my mind, especially in the night when I lie awake.
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