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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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“We have just had a feast on my birthday…”

Posted on November 13, 2022 by mafalda

The following is addressed to one of Stevenson’s best friends among the officers of H.M.S. the Curaçoa, the Lieutenant of the ship Charles Gerald Sheperd Eeles (1854-1940), which had been for some time on the South Pacific station. He entered … Continue reading →

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