Letter A. Tinne to J. Tinne, April 1864, Khartoum.

Only two fragments are left of a letter that evidently must have been written to John from Khartoum and was possibly dated April 1864, repeating to him the story of her mother's deathbed, though providing new particularities:

‘(…) [ta]ken with [u]s every[thin]g [you c]ould imagine of comfort and little luxuries, and as the rainy season had not quite set in yet, and the villages so near that we could always be established before the showers, we had nothing to suffer from the weather. Mama arrived and continued well at Buselli´s Establishment from where you had her last letter; there we had many troubles and vexations, but she did not care so much about them except for me, who was so indignant at them; being calmer and not understanding the language she did not take it so much to heart as I did – On the 10th we went together on donkeys to see a place where we intended to pass by the rainy season – it pleased us, and we spent there a pleasant day, rambling in the woods, and making all sorts of plans for our future establishment there – The next day I made an excursion with Anna to a neighbouring Establishment and came home late finding Mama a little unwell, so she went to bed as soon as I came back and we… [top half of letter gone] …better – we had not the slightest idea of anything (…) on 16th she took the quinine Mr. Heuglin had ordered but unfortunately there seemed to be something relaxing in its composition, for many people who took it immediately had diarrhea [sic], and it gave it to Mama too, and made her very ill – from that time she had a burning thirst which augmented till the last, and from time to time wandered a little, though general perfectly sensible; her thirst was dreadful, nothing could satisfy it; we gave her cold tea, wine and water, lemon essence and water and arrow root with wine – the 17th she was a little better and had some chicken broth which she took with pleasure – the 18th and 19th she was in about the same state, thirsty and irritable but sensible and taking interest in all happened around her, even in a gazelle the chasseur had brought and such little things.