Sources:
George Hawkins at Letters and writings of Nicholas II and his family on Facebook
A Lifelong Passion, letters and diary entries compiled by Andrei Maylunas and Sergei Mironenko
The letter in full:
My own beloved one. With what intense joy I received your precious letter this morning. Thank you for it with all my heart. Yes, indeed, sweetie, this parting has been one of the hardest, but every day brings us nearer to our meeting again. How anguishing the moment of the speeches must have been.
Your precious letter and telegrams I've put on our bed so that when I wake up in the night I can touch something of yours. Fancy an old married woman speaking so — 'old fashioned' many would say. But what would life be without love — what would have become of Wify without you? You, my beloved treasure, the joy of my heart. To keep the children quiet, I made them think of things and then guess them. Olga always thinks of the sun, clouds, sky, rain or something belonging to the heavens, explaining to me that it makes her so happy to think of that.
Now, my pet, goodbye, God bless and keep you. A hearty kiss, sweet one, from your tenderly loving and devoted Wify,
Alix.
Above: Alexandra.
Above: Nicholas. Photo courtesy of Ilya Grigoryev at lastromanovs on VK.
Above: The little Grand Duchesses, Olga, Tatiana, Maria and Anastasia. Photo courtesy of Tatiana Z on Flickr.
Excerpts from the letter:
... Yr precious letter and telegrams I have put on yr bed, so as that when I wake up in the night I can touch something of yours — fancy an old married woman speaking so — old fashioned many would say. But what would life be without love — what would have become of Wify without you? You, my beloved treasure, the joy of my heart.
To keep the Children quiet, I make them think of things and guess them, Olga always thinks of the Sun, clouds, sky, rain or something belonging to the heavens, explaining to me it makes her so happy to think of that. ...
The letter in full:
My own beloved one. With what intense joy I received your precious letter this morning. Thank you for it with all my heart. Yes, indeed, sweetie, this parting has been one of the hardest, but every day brings us nearer to our meeting again. How anguishing the moment of the speeches must have been.
Your precious letter and telegrams I've put on our bed so that when I wake up in the night I can touch something of yours. Fancy an old married woman speaking so — 'old fashioned' many would say. But what would life be without love — what would have become of Wify without you? You, my beloved treasure, the joy of my heart. To keep the children quiet, I made them think of things and then guess them. Olga always thinks of the sun, clouds, sky, rain or something belonging to the heavens, explaining to me that it makes her so happy to think of that.
Now, my pet, goodbye, God bless and keep you. A hearty kiss, sweet one, from your tenderly loving and devoted Wify,
Alix.
Above: Alexandra.
Above: Nicholas. Photo courtesy of Ilya Grigoryev at lastromanovs on VK.
Above: The little Grand Duchesses, Olga, Tatiana, Maria and Anastasia. Photo courtesy of Tatiana Z on Flickr.
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