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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