Letter by Ch. Cavafy to Cavafy

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[Helouan] 6/2/20
   My dear Costi
   My telegram of this afternoon will, I    am sorry to think, have horribly upset
   you. The news of poor Paul’s death has    been a severe shock for me and I am feeling
   it very acutely. The more so because I    fear that I have not done for him all
   that I might to help him in his days of    penury and suffering. I send you the
   telegram itself of the British consul at    Hyères which did not come into my

   possession until about two o’clock this    afternoon. It appears that the telegraph
   people searched the whole Cairo to find    somebody in Cairo bearing the name Cavafy
   and it was only at the last moment that    they applied to Moss Alexandria and found
   out that I was at Helouan. The urgent
   thing that appears to me to be incumbent
   on you and me to do is to make the best    decent arrangements we can in respect of
burial ground and tombstone: and I beg you to call on Alban who is now consul general at Alexandria to show him the telegram itself and to ask him on our joint behalf to use his influence with his brother-consul at Hyères to make the arrangements I have mentioned. I [am] giving Alban any undertaking he may choose to ask for that I will be responsible for and make good any expenditure that the consul at Hyères may be put to. I think that Alban will not refuse out of regard for old memories. Bear up, my dear Costi, there are only the two of us left now.           Ever yours affectionately
                for John
                Hariclia

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GR-OF CA CA-SF02-S01-SS02-F20-SF003-0033 (1187)

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Letter by Ch. Cavafy to Cavafy

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6/2/1920

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26.5 x 21 cm

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F115_φ27-28

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[Cavafy (Valieri)], Hariclia

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Handwritten letter by Charikleia Cavafy (Valieri) to Cavafy on the first three pages of a bifolio. The last page is blank. Announcement of the death of Paul in Hyères, France, and reference to various procedural matters. [Cairo]

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CC BY-SA 4.0 Cavafy Archive Onassis Foundation

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Mainly English

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Writing in ink. Watermark: Mercury Mill GB. Physical item wear: oxidations.

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The transcription and editing of the letters of John Constantine Cavafy addressed to C. P. Cavafy was first carried out by Katerina Ghika; said transcriptions were subsequently uploaded to the official website of the Cavafy Archive.