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| Letter Reference | HRC/UNCAT/OS-105 |
| Archive | Harry Ransom Center, University of Texas, Austin |
| Epistolary Type | Letter |
| Letter Date | Monday 19 July 1886 |
| Address From | The Convent, Harrow, London |
| Address To | |
| Who To | Havelock Ellis |
| Other Versions | Draznin 1992: 419-20 |
| Permissions | Please read before using or citing this transcription |
| Legend |
The Project is grateful to the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center, the University of Texas at Austin, for kindly allowing us to transcribe this Olive Schreiner letter, which is part of its Manuscript Collections. This letter has been dated by reference to information written onto it by Ellis. Schreiner lived at the Convent in Harrow from late May to late September 1886. The letter is written on black bordered mourning paper.
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1My Havelock
2
3I can’t get you out of my thoughts ^even for a little today.^ Oh true
4heart, oh sweet heart, oh beautiful ideal nature! One day the ^next^
5week will you come & see me, or shall I come into town & we have a
6whole day together. Go to National Gal. in morning. then have lunch
7– go to see Eleanor, then go together to Mrs Hintons & hear Daisy
8play, or any other plan you like.
9
10Olive
11
12I’m working tremendously well. The old dog isn’t dead yet. I ma
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14Monday.
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2
3I can’t get you out of my thoughts ^even for a little today.^ Oh true
4heart, oh sweet heart, oh beautiful ideal nature! One day the ^next^
5week will you come & see me, or shall I come into town & we have a
6whole day together. Go to National Gal. in morning. then have lunch
7– go to see Eleanor, then go together to Mrs Hintons & hear Daisy
8play, or any other plan you like.
9
10Olive
11
12I’m working tremendously well. The old dog isn’t dead yet. I ma
13
14Monday.
15
Notation
Draznin's (1992) version of this letter is in some respects different from our transcription.
Draznin's (1992) version of this letter is in some respects different from our transcription.