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The Letters of Katherine Mansfield: Volume I

October 1, 1919 —

October 1, 1919

To S. S. Koteliansky.

I have taken this little villa for the winter, perhaps for longer. It is nice, Koteliansky; you would like it. It is on a wild hill slope, covered with olive and fig trees and long grasses and tall yellow flowers. Down below is the sea—the entire ocean—a huge expanse. It thunders all day against the rocks. At the back there are mountains. The villa is not very small. It has a big verandah on one side where one can work and an overgrown garden. No hideous riviera palms (like Italian profiteers); everything page 244 very simple and clean. Many lizards lie on the garden wall; in the evening the cicada shakes his tiny tambourine. I have often pictured you here. We walk up and down, smoking. If only the mosquitoes were not like roaring lions—but they are. On the 14th is my birthday. Please send me a letter for that day if you are in the mood. I am working. I wish your eyes were better; I wish you had good news. M. is back in London. Goodnight.