1 Hanover
2 Sep 28 / 05
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4 My darling Friend
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6 I am so glad to hear all goes so happily in France. I believe you are
7both going to have a real splendid time. I’ve not been very fit
8lately.
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10 The Lawrences will be here by the steamer which brings back my brother
11Will on the third of October, next Tuesday. They are coming to see me.
12Dr Brown came & spent one day, just like you & Miss Greene. He kept
13looking round the house & saying, "But where did you get such a nice
14house? What a nice ^little^ house this is!" There’s really nothing in
15it, but the air & the sunshine get in; I suppose that’s what makes
16it seem nice.
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18 When you go back to England I do wish if it’s not too much trouble
19you would & see my darling friend Mrs Fred Reilly a sweet little
20artist who has been left a widow just now with 5 little children. Her
21dear husband, also an artist has just died suddenly of heart disease.
22I want so very much to hear all about her & the sweet children. I know
23she & they will be like a poem to both you & Miss Greene. You’ll
24feel even for their own sakes it was worth going to see them.
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26 Cron boy is very well. He is going down to Cape Town again in about
27two weeks & will stay there for a fortnights at his brother Alfreds.
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29 The Purcells are travelling about. They are now in Natal at Durban. Dr
30& unreadable Mrs Brown have taken a little cottage at Rondebosch near
31to my brother Wills. You & Miss Greene will love them both if you ever
32know them.
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34^The post office order was payable in Cambridge because the day Post
35Master here didn’t know if there was a PO order office at Harsten. I
36will go down first thing to see the Post Master here, & he must write
37to Cambridge & stop its being paid to anyone but you, personally. ^
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39 Good bye
40 Olive
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42 ^NB. I’m quite sure you’ve not got nearly all the letters I’ve
43written. I’ve hardly ever missed.^
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