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Updated: June 16, 2025
Louis sat to an Italian, Count Nerli, in Samoa; but in this last portrait he looks painfully haggard, reminding us of his own words, "the practice of letters is miserably harassing." Because of the too brilliant light elsewhere in Vailima, he was painted in a room which was close, and the air fatigued him.
Those sung at Vailima parties were usually written by one of the house "boys" and "they were danced and acted with great spirit.... Sometimes every member of the family would be represented ... but the central figure, the heart of the song was always Tusitala."
"Nay," replied Sosimo with truer insight, "Great is the Love!" Stevenson's manner of life at Vailima was somewhat like this: At six o'clock or earlier he arose and began the day's work. By dawn the rest of the household were up, and at about eight his wife's daughter began to take his dictation, working from then until noon.
Though they realized that the woman who had done so much for them in the few years of her residence among them who had tended them in sickness and sympathized with them in sorrow was about to leave them for ever, they made a strong effort not to cloud her departure with demonstrations of grief, and it was only when she took farewell of Sosimo, the man who had been her beloved husband's body servant at Vailima, that they gave signs of breaking down.
Robert Louis Stevenson At Vailima Samoan hospitality Arrested for fast riding An amusing merry-go-round Teachers and pupils of Papauta College At the mercy of sea-nymphs.
Nothing betrays the personality of a man more clearly than his prayers, and the following petition that Stevenson composed for the use of his household at Vailima, bears the stamp of its author. "At Morning. The day returns and brings us the petty round of irritating concerns and duties.
Brevald's bungalow, shabby and bedraggled, stood among the coconut trees of the plantation, a little away from the main road that ran up to Vailima. Immediately around it grew huge plantains. With their tattered leaves they had the tragic beauty of a lovely woman in rags. Everything was slovenly and neglected.
These same swine became the torment of their lives, for some of the devils said to haunt Vailima seemed to have entered into them, and no sty could be made strong enough to restrain them. In clearing away the dense growth on the site of their projected house they were careful to preserve the best of the native plants.
Samoan royalty King Malietoa Good-by to friends at Vailima Leaving Fiji to the south Arrival at Newcastle, Australia The yachts of Sydney A ducking on the Spray Commodore Foy presents the sloop with a new suit of sails On to Melbourne A shark that proved to be valuable A change of course The "Rain of Blood" In Tasmania. At Apia I had the pleasure of meeting Mr.
A Vailima tartan was adopted for special occasions and Stevenson encouraged them to think of the household as a family, to take interest and pride in all its doings. On Sunday evenings the entire household was assembled. A chapter of the Samoan Bible was read and Samoan hymns sung. Then a prayer in English written by Stevenson was read, concluding with the Lord's Prayer in Samoan.
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