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“I started in the dark on foot, with a revolver, and my spurs on my bare feet”

Posted on January 19, 2024 by mafalda

Sidney Colvin had written to RLS on 21 March 1894: ‘Do these things interest you at all: or do any of our white affair? I could remark in passing that for three letters or more you have not uttered a … Continue reading →

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“Could we ever stand Europe again?”

Posted on August 5, 2023 by mafalda

[Dots between square brackets indicate cuts made by Sidney Colvin. For full, correct and critical edition of this letter, see Mehew 8, 2651.] To Sidney Colvin [Vailima Letters, pp. 235-9] [Vailima, Late November 1893] My dear Colvin, This is disgraceful. … Continue reading →

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