تقرير عن رحلة في كشمير كتبه ديفيد لوكهارت روبرتسون لوريمر ورسائل من إميلي أوفرند لوريمر إلى والديها تم إرسالها من البحرين وكرمان [ظ‎‎٦‎١‎٠] (١٢٩١/١٢٤٢)

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them. When I heard that they were near I also went out on foot
and met them at the cemetery where the coffin was waiting ready
ihere were only the four of us present Dr. D., Mr. Boyland Mr.
F. and myself. We had seen to the preparing of the grave
and we got the pesltte coffin Into position. Then I succeeded
in aarrying off the two G.M.S. people to the Consulate as there
was still an hour to spare before the service. W e left one of the
suwars on guard outside the little cemetery, and walked across
thedesert home. It was a glorious fresh morning and I can give
you no idea how peaceful and lovely ou^great Jagged mountain
ranges looked in the early sunlight under the blue sky with the
nest of green gardens and beautiful trees as a foreground at their
? a ®f- ^ D - galloped on on his pony to the hot bath I had
left ready for him and soon after the rest of us reached the
consulate, he joined us at breakfast looking wondefully fit
clean sult an<1 apparently none the worse for his long
™^i gh L? 1 if rlra ?P; ,, 1 had Prepared breakfast for a much larger
t ? at D:r * Westlake and M1 * 3 Petley would be with him
but they had wisely come down the evg. before and slept at their
own house Mrs. D. had had to stay behind to do burning and
dlaldfec ting and also to look after the youngsters
has M 2i lle Tanner staying with her up there).
Then It was time to off to the service. I took along t#wo
nrorti^A Carry i ng ^ all /. the flowers garden and the Nawab's could
M?s d TaviA-r hJn f ? f the cormnunlt y already assembled,
arranges 8 n i Ce whlte c l°^h over the coffin and
f ew w f eaths on top. There was nothing really sad
f>une:ral » 1 think we were all glad to feel
Jao! happy, active little lady we all loved need never
S r 1 J- lne8S an y raore and that she had passed so
a Udknowln S 1 y from her eager work here, before even
thf had07 -T>° f -i Wearlnes8 119(1 f al:i - en on her. We laid her beside
through t^hoiri^twAi 9t the Very feet of 9 raan whora she had nursed
inaA?? i 7P ? ld twelve years ago. And we smothered the coffin
ln i a f Pa ? agUS fern 911(1 covered the grave with flowers.
_ lQ ^ ino 98 * say there was no real sadness there, still I was
g ad enough that Lock should have been away and been soared the
?Tr°7ea off"?;/- 2 ld al i t ? at he ooul11 -
MlssTfiffo^r^ and slee P less looking ladles (Or. w. and
bed in nli« ’ g9ve the,n hot coffee and P u t them to
ad ln nlce w hlte night gowns In a well-curtained room I hari
M rr D F- D - but h ° had work In anS went
jent 1 don'i 9
for wharw 9 0 ? 8 d h ”ought a of. al ' /the “ l83l0n people ” e9ra9d grateful
brin^no 8 ^?? two silent week’s we have recelned a treble post
i5 lngl T n L lett ? rB from Sc °tland and Dublin of Ju*ne 30 , July°8 &
digest ?hL°^ y C8 ? e V*? 1 ; 9nd we have hard ly had ^ time to
adlauati?v Pr °?f rly ’ stlu 1688 can we hope to answer them
3 fr / !? ere are three fr. Mother to me, one to L
Hi Ida anS ? f? Jous?n LL, 3 fr * Papa 9nd M9n,9,;L fr *
na i rr. Cousin Marie. I enumerate them thus particular-