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“Already, though we only sailed yesterday, I am feeling as fit as a fiddle”

Posted on February 7, 2023 by mafalda

[As usual, dots between square brackets indicate cuts made by Sidney Colvin. For full, correct and critical edition of this letter, see Mehew 8, 2542.] To Sidney Colvin [Vailima Letters, pp. 187-9] [Dictated to Belle] At Sea, S.S. Mariposa Feb. … Continue reading →

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“We are now about to rise, like whales, from this long dive”

Posted on January 10, 2020 by mafalda

[As usual, dots between square brackets indicate cuts made by Sidney Colvin. For full, correct and critical edition of this letter see Mehew 6, 2192.] To Edward L. Burlingame [Colvin 1911, 3, pp. 169-71] Schooner Equator, at sea, Wednesday, 4th … Continue reading →

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“We cam’ so near gaun heels ower hurdies”

Posted on April 29, 2019 by mafalda

[As usual, for correct and critical edition of this letter see Mehew 6, 2111.] To Charles Baxter [Baxter Letters, 1956, pp. 236-7, at http://www.hathitrust.org%5D [Envelope marked “Private”] Taiti (as ever was) [? 9 October 1888] But then, my dear Charles, … Continue reading →

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“From poking in a sick-room all winter to the deck of one’s own ship, is indeed a heavenly change”

Posted on March 15, 2019 by mafalda

[As usual, for correct and critical edition of this letter, see Mehew 6, 2084.] To Lady Taylor [Colvin 1912, p. 238] [Manasquan, c. 15 May 1888] My dear Lady Taylor, I have to announce our great news. On June 15th … Continue reading →

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“You always complain there are no facts in my letters”

Posted on February 4, 2018 by mafalda

A succession of RLS’s friends had visited and spent part of the day or the evening with him at his hotel in London, on Sunday, August 20th 1887, each bringing some farewell gift or another. On the morning of the … Continue reading →

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Children are certainly too good to be true

Posted on April 12, 2014 by mafalda

“Bonjour Philippine!” is the French expression used when someone eats twin fruits, or when two children accidentally pronounce the same sentence at the same time: the one who speaks first will gain next morning a little present from the other. … Continue reading →

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