Letter by Ch. Cavafy to Cavafy
GR-OF CA CA-SF02-S01-SS02-F20-SF003-0033 (1187)
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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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Letter by Ch. Cavafy to Cavafy
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6/2/1920
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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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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.
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Cavafy (Valieri), Hariclia. “Letter by Ch. Cavafy to Cavafy”. Letter, 06.02.1920. GR-OF CA CA-SF02-S01-SS02-F20-SF003-0033 (1187), Onassis Foundation C. P. Cavafy Fonds. From The Digital Collection of the Cavafy Archive, edited by Onassis Foundation, Athens, last modified 01.10.2025. https://doi.org/10.26256/CA-SF02-S01-SS02-F20-SF003-0033.
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