Dapitan
Dapitan, March 12, 1896
Sra. Da. Teodora Alonso
My very dear Mother:
I read your letter that you wrote me for the previous mail only yesterday, so I was not able to say anything about them.
Please do me the favor of paying the bills that may be presented to you by the Botica Schadenberg, which will be 23 or 25$ more or less and also those of M. de los Reyes.
Here we received stockings and socks, and Miss B. gives you her many thanks and she does not know how to reciprocate you. She cannot go there now, for there is nobody to take care of the nephews; she bathes them, washes and sews their clothes, so much so that the poor girl cannot rest, but she does this with pleasure for she has much love for the little boys and they like her more than me. Once Osio got his hands dirty and filled her with . . . . She has made them new suits of canamo. I am afraid she aborted for she was serious yesterday.
I am rushing my house for they say you are coming. I lack but two posts to finish it; I have already many pieces of board and joists.
D. Ricardo Carnicero has come back here as governor.
Your son who loves you heartily,
JOSE RIZAL[1]
05-891 [100 Letters]
[1] Courtesy of Mr. Friedrich C. Umbreit.