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I don’t know how to write to tell you [how] deeply I sympathize with you in your irreparable loss. My sister1 and I have been knocked over by the sadness of it; not that we continually saw Virginia, but we had the greatest admiration for her both as a writer and a person. She was, among other things, as beautiful to look at, as her words were to read. I have never seen any one with more perfect distinction. And I know how devoted you were to each other.
Not previously published. Letters to Vanessa Bell (Charleston Papers, The Tate Gallery).
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Sitwell, O., Smyth, D.E. (1995). Letters of Condolence. In: Stape, J.H. (eds) Virginia Woolf. Macmillan Interviews and Recollections. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-23807-1_36
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