Letter from Dinah Mulock Craik to Dorothy Craik, 5 August 1885

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                    <salute>My darling child</salute>
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                <p>I am waiting for your telegram – after which I shall start for <unclear>Fenchurch</unclear> – pay
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                    great comfort to all – I cannot impress how miserable I have been this week
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                <p><persName ref="CraikSiteIndex.xml#CraikGeorge">Papa</persName> goes alone to <persName
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                    is his 76th birthday. <persName ref="CraikSiteIndex.xml#CraikGeorge">Papa</persName> is very
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                        happy – my child – &amp;
                        <persName ref="CraikSiteIndex.xml#Margery">Margery</persName> too. – </p>
                <p>Two questions - which please answer <hi rend="underline">at once</hi> - <persName
                        ref="CraikSiteIndex.xml#RankinJessie">Jessie</persName> &amp; I have looked
                    everywhere for my black velvet bonnet – in vain. I cannot remember whether I
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                <p><persName ref="CraikSiteIndex.xml#Katie">Katie</persName> &amp;
                        <persName ref="CraikSiteIndex.xml#Janie">Janie</persName> are very good. – </p>
                <p>I keep this open to late telegram <time when="16:00:00">4.P.M</time> &amp; no telegram. So I must start,
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                <note target="#n1" resp="CraikSiteIndex.xml#ParkerJanice">Valenciennes is a popular, and costly, type of lace. See "Valenciennes lace," Encyclopædia Britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica Online, 2015.</note>
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Letter from Dinah Mulock Craik to Dorothy Craik, 5 August 1885. Dinah Mulock Craik Karen Bourrier Dinah Mulock Craik: A Digital Archive University of Calgary Karen Bourrier Transcription February-March 2015 by Kerry-Leigh Fox First proofing of transcription February-March 2015 by Aaron Ellsworth Second proofing of transcription June-July 2015 by Janice Parker TEI encoding by February-March 2015 by Kerry-Leigh Fox First proofing of TEI encoding February-March 2015 by Aaron Ellsworth Second proofing of TEI encoding June-July 2015 by Janice Parker Third proofing of TEI encoding June 2016 by Kailey Fukushima First digital edition in TEI, date: 15 August 2015. P5. Dinah Mulock Craik: A Digital Archive Calgary, Alberta, Canada 2015

Reproduced by courtesy of the University of California at Los Angeles.

Distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License
Dinah Mulock Craik: A Digital Archive University of California at Los Angeles Charles E. Young Research Library Mulock Family Papers 846 Letter from Dinah Mulock Craik to Dorothy Craik, 5 August 1885. Box 2, Folder 15

Our aim in this edition has been to transcribe the content of the letters as accurately as possible without reproducing the physical appearance of the manuscript. Craik’s spelling, punctuation, underlining, superscripts, abbrieviations, additions and deletions are retained, except for words which are hyphenated at the end of a line, which we have silently emended. Where Craik uses a non-standard spelling, we have encoded both her spelling and the standard Oxford English Dictionary spelling to faciliate searching. The long s is not encoded.

Aug August 5 – My darling child

I am waiting for your telegram – after which I shall start for Fenchurch – pay several visits there – & end with Marlings. – home to supper – & turn to Mrs. Western'sfor an hour – I had a long day yesterday – & came home fearfully tired - But Aunt Annie is doing well – a great comfort to all – I cannot impress how miserable I have been this week past –

Papa goes alone to Tennyson's tomorrow. It is his 76th birthday. Papa is very pleased. We dined at Mr. Cockerell's on Friday – the house is so awfully dull. & Papa mourns about you continually. But I hope you are well & happy – my child – & Margery too. –

Two questions - which please answer at once - Jessie & I have looked everywhere for my black velvet bonnet – in vain. I cannot remember whether I unmade it – or told Jessie to put it away – ask Jessie. Also, what did I do with the yellow tip that was in it, – I forget about that too – did you take it back. – Also – missing my fine pocket handkerchiefs edged with Valenciennes. I miss two – have you got them? – I remember telling you once not to use them, as they could very seldom be washed – but I forget what followed. In truth I forget everything – I am so worn out. – & without you to help me to remember – without Bertha & Jessie too, it is difficult. But I think I shall manage somehow.

Katie & Janie are very good. –

I keep this open to late telegram & no telegram. So I must start, hoping to find it when I come home -

I trust all is well with you

Your loving Mother – 
1 Valenciennes is a popular, and costly, type of lace. See "Valenciennes lace," Encyclopædia Britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica Online, 2015.

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Letter from Dinah Mulock Craik to Dorothy Craik, 5 August 1885. Dinah Mulock Craik Karen Bourrier Dinah Mulock Craik: A Digital Archive University of Calgary Karen Bourrier Transcription February-March 2015 by Kerry-Leigh Fox First proofing of transcription February-March 2015 by Aaron Ellsworth Second proofing of transcription June-July 2015 by Janice Parker TEI encoding by February-March 2015 by Kerry-Leigh Fox First proofing of TEI encoding February-March 2015 by Aaron Ellsworth Second proofing of TEI encoding June-July 2015 by Janice Parker Third proofing of TEI encoding June 2016 by Kailey Fukushima First digital edition in TEI, date: 15 August 2015. P5. Dinah Mulock Craik: A Digital Archive Calgary, Alberta, Canada 2015

Reproduced by courtesy of the University of California at Los Angeles.

Distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License
Dinah Mulock Craik: A Digital Archive University of California at Los Angeles Charles E. Young Research Library Mulock Family Papers 846 Letter from Dinah Mulock Craik to Dorothy Craik, 5 August 1885. Box 2, Folder 15

Our aim in this edition has been to transcribe the content of the letters as accurately as possible without reproducing the physical appearance of the manuscript. Craik’s spelling, punctuation, underlining, superscripts, abbrieviations, additions and deletions are retained, except for words which are hyphenated at the end of a line, which we have silently emended. Where Craik uses a non-standard spelling, we have encoded both her spelling and the standard Oxford English Dictionary spelling to faciliate searching. The long s is not encoded.

Aug August 5 – My darling child

I am waiting for your telegram – after which I shall start for Fenchurch – pay several visits there – & end with Marlings. – home to supper – & turn to Mrs. Western'sfor an hour – I had a long day yesterday – & came home fearfully tired - But Aunt Annie is doing well – a great comfort to all – I cannot impress how miserable I have been this week past –

Papa goes alone to Tennyson's tomorrow. It is his 76th birthday. Papa is very pleased. We dined at Mr. Cockerell's on Friday – the house is so awfully dull. & Papa mourns about you continually. But I hope you are well & happy – my child – & Margery too. –

Two questions - which please answer at once - Jessie & I have looked everywhere for my black velvet bonnet – in vain. I cannot remember whether I unmade it – or told Jessie to put it away – ask Jessie. Also, what did I do with the yellow tip that was in it, – I forget about that too – did you take it back. – Also – missing my fine pocket handkerchiefs edged with Valenciennes. I miss two – have you got them? – I remember telling you once not to use them, as they could very seldom be washed – but I forget what followed. In truth I forget everything – I am so worn out. – & without you to help me to remember – without Bertha & Jessie too, it is difficult. But I think I shall manage somehow.

Katie & Janie are very good. –

I keep this open to late telegram & no telegram. So I must start, hoping to find it when I come home -

I trust all is well with you

Your loving Mother – 
Valenciennes is a popular, and costly, type of lace. See "Valenciennes lace," Encyclopædia Britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica Online, 2015.