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| Letter Reference | Levine Collection/23 |
| Archive | Ronald Levine Collection, Johannesburg |
| Epistolary Type | Letter |
| Letter Date | 25 December 1917 |
| Address From | 9 Porchester Place, Edgware Road, Westminster, London |
| Address To | |
| Who To | Margaret Moscheles |
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| Permissions | Please read before using or citing this transcription |
| Legend |
The Project is grateful to Ronald Levine for kindly allowing us to transcribe this Olive Schreiner letter, which is part of the Ronald Levine Collection. The letter can be dated around the death of Felix Moscheles in December 1917. The telephone number ‘6506’ is underlined twice.
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^1Telephone
26506 Paddington^
3
49 Porchester Place
5Edgware Rd
6Xmas Morning
7
8Dear Mrs Marscheles
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10I have just seen the notice in the paper of your husbands death – a
11beautiful existence, spent in producing beauty, ended. I always see
12the beautiful look in his clear eyes as he sat under the trees in your
13garden the last time but one I saw him; they were as clear as a childs.
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15When you come back please let me know when I can come & see you.
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17With deep love & sympathy
18Yours ever
19Olive Schreiner
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26506 Paddington^
3
49 Porchester Place
5Edgware Rd
6Xmas Morning
7
8Dear Mrs Marscheles
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10I have just seen the notice in the paper of your husbands death – a
11beautiful existence, spent in producing beauty, ended. I always see
12the beautiful look in his clear eyes as he sat under the trees in your
13garden the last time but one I saw him; they were as clear as a childs.
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15When you come back please let me know when I can come & see you.
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17With deep love & sympathy
18Yours ever
19Olive Schreiner
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