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| Letter Reference | Olive Schreiner BC16/Box4/Fold3/1910/29 |
| Archive | University of Cape Town, Manuscripts & Archives, Cape Town |
| Epistolary Type | Letter |
| Letter Date | 23 December 1910 |
| Address From | Portlock, Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape |
| Address To | |
| Who To | Betty Molteno |
| Other Versions | |
| 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. The name of the addressee of this letter is indicated by salutation and content.
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Portlock
2 nr. Graaff Reinet
3 Dec 23rd 1910
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5 Dear Friend
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7 It will be Xmas in two days. I hope you & Alice will both be spending
8it in England among your folk.
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10 It is beautifully cool up her & the dear Murrays a most kind, their
11second little girl Kathleen is a most attractive & remarkable child
12– a child after my own heart – a little wild creature of eight,
13full of intellect – spending her life in climbing trees, riding
14horses, & with a passionate all absorbing love for animals. I have a
15curiouse sense of kin-ship with her.
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17 Good bye. May next year bring you both much good
18 Olive
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20 ^A little later, I am going to that little hotel at Oudeberg. Address
21to de Aar still.^
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2 nr. Graaff Reinet
3 Dec 23rd 1910
4
5 Dear Friend
6
7 It will be Xmas in two days. I hope you & Alice will both be spending
8it in England among your folk.
9
10 It is beautifully cool up her & the dear Murrays a most kind, their
11second little girl Kathleen is a most attractive & remarkable child
12– a child after my own heart – a little wild creature of eight,
13full of intellect – spending her life in climbing trees, riding
14horses, & with a passionate all absorbing love for animals. I have a
15curiouse sense of kin-ship with her.
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17 Good bye. May next year bring you both much good
18 Olive
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20 ^A little later, I am going to that little hotel at Oudeberg. Address
21to de Aar still.^
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