1 The Homestead
2 Dec 26 / 97
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4 Dear Fan
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6 Please let me know how Nell gets on. We had a very cool Xmas day here,
7the coolest I’ve ever known – but it won’t rain. Will you,
8please, if you can remember it, send me the name in full of that
9Electric flesh brush Will used to have long ago. I want to order one
10from England; as the doctor says I must use it but can’t remember
11the name of the makers. There are some kinds very good & some very bad:
12 that was a good one.
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14 Love to Kittie & all the dear folk.
15 Olive
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17 I consider it a promise that you & Ollie will come in the the winter!
18I am going to paint the whole of my verandah in honour of your coming,
19so you can’t disappoint me.
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21 Cron’s mother & sister would be so delighted if you went to see them.
22 I think they don’t quite know whether to consider that visit you
23paid with me as a "call" or not. They are very quiet reserved people &
24go out very little, but I’m sure you would like them both. The
25mother is really a grand old woman whom one respects more the more one
26knows her. Did I tell you that my dear old friends the Browns are
27coming to South Africa next week.
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29 Just jot the name of the brush on a card if too busy to write.