01-096 [Family]
1883.11.27 Calamba
From: Sofia Lopez[1]
To: José Rizal
Dandoy is sick — Leonor is pitiful.
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[Calamba, 27 November 1883]
DEAR FRIEND,
I wish to tell you that we are here at your house and that Dandoy has been sick for a long time. If you wish to hear Dandoy hum Italian and cough German, come here and you will hear a coughing without equal, surpassing even the cough that you want him to learn. How are you? Who are your girls there? Write us if you have already many . . . I’m sure your girls there are very many. The most pitiful is Leonor,[2] your former acquaintance. Regards to you and command us.
SOFIA LOPEZ
[1] Her pet name is Chopeng and she is a sister of his brother – in – law, Antonino López and his friend Dandoy or Leonardo López. She also sings.
[2] Leonor Rivera, Rizal’s fiancée.