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| Letter Reference | Olive Schreiner BC16/Box5/Fold4/Jan-June1915/4 |
| Archive | University of Cape Town, Manuscripts & Archives, Cape Town |
| Epistolary Type | Letter |
| Letter Date | 17 January 1915 |
| Address From | Kensington Palace Mansions, De Vere Gardens, Kensington, London |
| Address To | |
| Who To | Alice Greene |
| 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. This letter is on printed headed notepaper.
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1Telephone: 3675 Kensington.
2Telegrams: Apartment, London.
3
4Kensington Palace Mansions & Hotel,
5De Vere Gardens, W.
6Jan 17th 1915
7
8My dear Alice
9
10I couldn’t stay at Hampstead it was too damp, so have come back here.
11 I got a sweet note from Mrs Greene & she says she is coming to town
12next week.
13
14This afternoon Ted Molteno is coming to see me, & I shall perhaps hear
15some news of you.
16
17I wonder if you saw Cron when he was in Cape Town. Oh I long so to see
18him. I some times feel I can’t bear it.
19
20Friday
21Yours sisters Hellen & Eva came to see me. It was a joy. Eva is
22exactly as I pictured her. Hellen is so like you I almost embraced her.
23 I am going out next Sunday to have lunch with them. Polly is if
24possible to be there too. Isn’t Eva sweet. The wicked German is not
25always so vile!
26
27Ted Molteno comes to see me nearly every day. Mrs Murray is coming
28next week.
29
30Olive
31
32^The weather is beautifully sharp & cold & I am much better^
33
2Telegrams: Apartment, London.
3
4Kensington Palace Mansions & Hotel,
5De Vere Gardens, W.
6Jan 17th 1915
7
8My dear Alice
9
10I couldn’t stay at Hampstead it was too damp, so have come back here.
11 I got a sweet note from Mrs Greene & she says she is coming to town
12next week.
13
14This afternoon Ted Molteno is coming to see me, & I shall perhaps hear
15some news of you.
16
17I wonder if you saw Cron when he was in Cape Town. Oh I long so to see
18him. I some times feel I can’t bear it.
19
20Friday
21Yours sisters Hellen & Eva came to see me. It was a joy. Eva is
22exactly as I pictured her. Hellen is so like you I almost embraced her.
23 I am going out next Sunday to have lunch with them. Polly is if
24possible to be there too. Isn’t Eva sweet. The wicked German is not
25always so vile!
26
27Ted Molteno comes to see me nearly every day. Mrs Murray is coming
28next week.
29
30Olive
31
32^The weather is beautifully sharp & cold & I am much better^
33