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of your bereavement in
the newspapers, I cannot
resist writing you a few
lines to assure you of my
sympathy!

You told me at Kissingen
of the son whom you had
lost, and showed me his
picture - and I afterwards
read of the noble Memorial
his father gave the Nation
in his name!

When I think of the grief you

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were then enduring, and
of your loneliness now, I
feel that this world must
be sad indeed to you!
You must thank God that
"the time is short", and
that your two dear ones
will be awaiting you
when it pleases God to
allow you to join them.

Now, as you will not
know my present name
I must remind you of
my old one (Lady Alice Eyre)