K. Pearson to M.S. Pearson, 14th Nov. 1912.- External URL
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Sent From (Definite): Karl PearsonSent To (Definite): Maria Sharpe PearsonDate: 14 Nov 1912
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Sent fromKarl Pearson
14 Nov 1912
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‘My dearest Karl,
I am sorry if I alarmed you about Helga & then did not get my letter off by the 7 p.m. post (as I hope to do this). I came in at 5.30 p.m., tried with my doings & sank on the sofa & read G.M.’s letters, & did not write till after supper. However I hope you may have found my letter on your return from town today. Dr Ryle did not seem to think seriously of her eye difficulties. Her eyes look so different from Sigrid’s & Egon’s that I was a little surprised to have practically the same report as theirs, “a little long sighted.” Used not you sometimes to feel your eyes “dim”[?] That is what Helga complained of in class, not making much of it. She also thought she sometimes had headaches at night. The slight cast[?] in left eye she has always had since her earliest babyhood & Nannies Couch[?]. It seems to me to show (with drooping of the eyelid) when she is tired or not well. But really she is very bright, & of course when we set these young things down to books for hours together we do put a strain on their eyes. – I look forward to seeing her on Saturday, & wonder how I do without her.
I enclose P.L.’s card received after I had written to Dr Ryle. I hope you think I did right in that. It would have taken some time to make enquiries about Dr Braiby[?]. I don’t quite take her judgement & the personal equation goes for as much. It was a relief to get Dr R. after the derelict.
Poor little homeless puppies I wonder what you will do. I am sorry for Mrs Heinemann too, it must be so hard to get work where you can keep your child.’
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Sent toMaria Sharpe Pearson
14 Nov 1912
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‘My dearest Karl,
I am sorry if I alarmed you about Helga & then did not get my letter off by the 7 p.m. post (as I hope to do this). I came in at 5.30 p.m., tried with my doings & sank on the sofa & read G.M.’s letters, & did not write till after supper. However I hope you may have found my letter on your return from town today. Dr Ryle did not seem to think seriously of her eye difficulties. Her eyes look so different from Sigrid’s & Egon’s that I was a little surprised to have practically the same report as theirs, “a little long sighted.” Used not you sometimes to feel your eyes “dim”[?] That is what Helga complained of in class, not making much of it. She also thought she sometimes had headaches at night. The slight cast[?] in left eye she has always had since her earliest babyhood & Nannies Couch[?]. It seems to me to show (with drooping of the eyelid) when she is tired or not well. But really she is very bright, & of course when we set these young things down to books for hours together we do put a strain on their eyes. – I look forward to seeing her on Saturday, & wonder how I do without her.
I enclose P.L.’s card received after I had written to Dr Ryle. I hope you think I did right in that. It would have taken some time to make enquiries about Dr Braiby[?]. I don’t quite take her judgement & the personal equation goes for as much. It was a relief to get Dr R. after the derelict.
Poor little homeless puppies I wonder what you will do. I am sorry for Mrs Heinemann too, it must be so hard to get work where you can keep your child.’
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