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amuse us on the walls of the world�察�and the moon ´ this is our good 

season�察�we have a moon just now ´ makes the night a piece of 

heaven。  It amazes me how people can live on in the dirty north�察�

yet if you saw our rainy season ��which is really a caulker for 

wind�察�wet�察�and darkness ´ howling showers�察�roaring winds�察�pit´

blackness at noon�� you might marvel how we could endure that。  And 

we can't。  But there's a winter everywhere�察�only ours is in the 

summer。  Mark my words�此 �there will be a winter in heaven ´ and in 

hell。  CELA RENTRE DANS LES PROCEDES DU BON DIEU�察�ET VOUS VERREZ�  �

There's another very good thing about Vailima�察�I am away from the 

little bubble of the literary life。  It is not all beer and 

skittles�察�is it�拭 �By the by�察�my BALLADS seem to have been dam bad�察�

all the crickets sing so in their crickety papers�察�and I have no 

ghost of an idea on the point myself�此 �verse is always to me the 

unknowable。  You might tell me how it strikes a professional bard�此 �

not that it really matters�察�for�察�of course�察�good or bad�察�I don't 

think I shall get into THAT galley any more。  But I should like to 

know if you join the shrill chorus of the crickets。  The crickets 

are the devil in all to you�此 �'tis a strange thing�察�they seem to 

rejoice like a strong man in their injustice。  I trust you got my 

letter about your Browning book。  In case it missed�察�I wish to say 

again that your publication of Browning's kind letter�察�as an 

illustration of HIS character�察�was modest�察�proper�察�and in radiant 

good taste。 ´ In Witness whereof�察�etc。�察�etc。��



ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON。







Letter�此 �TO MISS RAWLINSON







VAILIMA�察�APIA�察�SAMOA�察�APRIL 1891。



MY DEAR MAY�察 � I never think of you by any more ceremonial name�察�so 

I will not pretend。  There is not much chance that I shall forget 

you until the time comes for me to forget all this little turmoil 

in a corner ��though indeed I have been in several corners�� of an 

inconsiderable planet。  You remain in my mind for a good reason�察�

having given me ��in so short a time�� the most delightful pleasure。  

I shall remember�察�and you must still be beautiful。  The truth is�察�

you must grow more so�察�or you will soon be less。  It is not so easy 

to be a flower�察�even when you bear a flower's name。  And if I 

admired you so much�察�and still remember you�察�it is not because of 

your face�察�but because you were then worthy of it�察�as you must 

still continue。



Will you give my heartiest congratulations to Mr。 S。�拭 �He has my 

admiration�察�he is a brave man�察�when I was young�察�I should have run 

away from the sight of you�察�pierced with the sense of my unfitness。  

He is more wise and manly。  What a good husband he will have to be�  �

And you ´ what a good wife�  �Carry your love tenderly。  I will 

never forgive him ´ or you ´ it is in both your hands ´ if the face 

that once gladdened my heart should be changed into one sour or 

sorrowful。



What a person you are to give flowers�  �It was so I first heard of 

you�察�and now you are giving the May flower��



Yes�察�Skerryvore has passed�察�it was�察�for us。  But I wish you could 

see us in our new home on the mountain�察�in the middle of great 

woods�察�and looking far out over the Pacific。  When Mr。 S。 is very 

rich�察�he must bring you round the world and let you see it�察�and see 

the old gentleman and the old lady。  I mean to live quite a long 

while yet�察�and my wife must do the same�察�or else I couldn't manage 

it�察�so�察�you see�察�you will have plenty of time�察�and it's a pity not 

to see the most beautiful places�察�and the most beautiful people 

moving there�察�and the real stars and moon overhead�察�instead of the 

tin imitations that preside over London。  I do not think my wife 

very well�察�but I am in hopes she will now have a little rest。  It 

has been a hard business�察�above all for her�察�we lived four months 

in the hurricane season in a miserable house�察�overborne with work�察�

ill´fed�察�continually worried�察�drowned in perpetual rain�察�beaten 

upon by wind�察�so that we must sit in the dark in the evenings�察�and 

then I ran away�察�and she had a month of it alone。  Things go better 

now�察�the back of the work is broken�察�and we are still foolish 

enough to look forward to a little peace。  I am a very different 

person from the prisoner of Skerryvore。  The other day I was three´

and´twenty hours in an open boat�察�it made me pretty ill�察�but fancy 

its not killing me half´way�  �It is like a fairy story that I 

should have recovered liberty and strength�察�and should go round 

again among my fellow´men�察�boating�察�riding�察�bathing�察�toiling hard 

with a wood´knife in the forest。  I can wish you nothing more 

delightful than my fortune in life�察�I wish it you�察�and better�察�if 

the thing be possible。



Lloyd is tinkling below me on the typewriter�察�my wife has just left 

the room�察�she asks me to say she would have written had she been 

well enough�察�and hopes to do it still。 ´ Accept the best wishes of 

your admirer��



ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON。







Letter�此 �TO MISS ADELAIDE BOODLE







��VAILIMA�察�MAY 1891。��



MY DEAR ADELAIDE�察 � I will own you just did manage to tread on my 

gouty toe�察�and I beg to assure you with most people I should simply 

have turned away and said no more。  My cudgelling was therefore in 

the nature of a caress or testimonial。



God forbid�察�I should seem to judge for you on such a point�察�it was 

what you seemed to set forth as your reasons that fluttered my old 

Presbyterian spirit ´ for�察�mind you�察�I am a child of the 

Covenanters ´ whom I do not love�察�but they are mine after all�察�my 

father's and my mother's ´ and they had their merits too�察�and their 

ugly beauties�察�and grotesque heroisms�察�that I love them for�察�the 

while I laugh at them�察�but in their name and mine do what you think 

right�察�and let the world fall。  That is the privilege and the duty 

of private persons�察�and I shall think the more of you at the 

greater distance�察�because you keep a promise to your fellow´man�察�

your helper and creditor in life�察�by just so much as I was tempted 

to think the less of you ��O not much�察�or I would never have been 

angry�� when I thought you were the swallower of a ��tinfoil�� 

formula。



I must say I was uneasy about my letter�察�not because it was too 

strong as an expression of my unregenerate sentiments�察�but because 

I knew full well it should be followed by something kinder。  And 

the mischief has been in my health。  I fell sharply sick in Sydney�察�

was put aboard the LUBECK pretty bad�察�got to Vailima�察�hung on a 

month there�察�and didn't pick up as well as my work needed�察�set off 

on a journey�察�gained a great deal�察�lost it again�察�and am back at 

Vailima�察�still no good at my necessary work。  I tell you this for 

my imperfect excuse that I should not have written you again sooner 

to remove the bad taste of my last。



A road has been called Adelaide Road�察�it leads from the back of our 

house to the bridge�察�and thence to the garden�察�and by a bifurcation 

to the pig pen。  It is thus much traversed�察�particularly by Fanny。  

An oleander�察�the only one of your seeds that prospered in this 

climate�察�grows there�察�and the name is now some week or ten days 

applied and published。  ADELAIDE ROAD leads also into the bush�察�to 

the banana patch�察�and by a second bifurcation over the left branch 

of the stream to the plateau and the right hand of the gorges。  In 

short�察�it leads to all sorts of good�察�and is�察�besides�察�in itself a 

pretty winding path�察�bound downhill among big woods to the margin 

of the stream。



What a strange idea�察�to think me a Jew´hater�  �Isaiah and David and 

Heine are good enough for me�察�and I leave more unsaid。  Were I of 

Jew blood�察�I do not think I could ever forgive the Christians�察�the 

ghettos would get in my nostrils like mustard or lit gunpowder。  

Just so you as being a child of the Presbytery�察�I retain ´ I need 

not dwell on that。  The ascendant hand is what I feel most 

strongly�察�I am bound in and in with my forbears�察�were he one of 

mine�察�I should not be struck at all by Mr。 Moss of Bevis Marks�察�I 

should still see behind him Moses of the Mount and the Tables and 

the shining face。  We are all nobly born�察�fortunate those who know 

it�察�blessed those who remember。



I am�察�my dear Adelaide�察�most genuinely yours��



ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON。



Write by return to say you are better�察�and I will try to do the 

same。







Letter�此 �TO CHARLES BAXTER







��VAILIMA�В察�TUESDAY�察�19TH MAY '91。



MY DEAR CHARLES�察 � I don't know what you think of me�察�not having 

written to you at all during your illness。  I find two sheets begun 

with your name�察�but that is no excuse。 。 。 。 I am keeping bravely�察�

getting about better�察�every day�察�and hope soon to be in my usual 

fettle。  My books begin to come�察�and I fell once more on the Old 

Bailey session papers。  I have 1778�察�1784�察�and 1786。  Should you be 

able to lay hands on any other

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