To: Wilhelm HI Bleek (15 Nov [1862])

To: Wilhelm HI Bleek (15 Nov [1862])

Correspondence

A note from Jemima Lloyd to Wilhelm Bleek, written a week before their wedding and dated 15 November 1862. Jemima answers Wilhelm's letter "in its order", beginning with his visiting her at Mrs Roesch's. She grieves at their lack of comfort and the ability to talk - more for his sake than hers, as she can wait "in perfect love and trust" for their marriage. She knows how hard it is for him to not "really see" her but explains she must be cautious in this "horribly scandalous place", shaped by English ideas and prejudices. He will understand once she explains. She asks him to send Tom at 11 to collect the "law papers" so they can finish "business". Loui has called a cab to go to the New Street house; Wilhelm must make sure she writes her Natal letters before helping them. Jemima calls him "a dear naughty 'child'" for going out in the damp and tells him not to visit today as they will have their "treat" tomorrow. Loui's cab arrives and she bids him goodbye til 11.

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1. Jemima has written "2nd" on the top of the first page. 2. Judging by her and Wilhelm's notes, Jemima arrived in the Cape some time between 10 and 14 November. Their wedding was on 22 November 1862. 3. "15 Nov" has been added in pen on the top of the first page. 4. Jemima and Lucy are staying before the marriage at Mrs Roesch's boarding house. [See WB to JL 9 November 1862, C4.24]. 4. Tom is the "American Negro" former first cook on the wrecked Waldensian employed by Bleek for the New Street house. See Wilhelm Bleek's letter to Fanny Lloyd 30 October 1862 [C6.5]. 5. By "business", Jemima means the marriage settlement/agreement. [See her notes at C8.26 & 27]