Letters of a Javanese princess/Chapter 58

by Raden Adjeng Kartini

LVIII^[1]

March 4th, 1903.

I HAVE been laid low by sickness ; for days they watched over me anxiously — I was in the most frightful pain. Thank God, that is now behind me. And the suffering is a thing of the past. I was freed from my pain by such a strange remedy; we have preserved it and given it to all of our family. Later, it may do our children good.

Yesterday I began work again. And today for the first time, I went driving. Father's pleasure was touching. Naturally I sat next to him, and he held on to me tightly as if he were afraid of losing me. It was a delightful hour, the precious memory of which will be with me always.

1. To Mevrouw Abendanon.