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Private

3, TEMPLE GARDENS,
TEMPLE.

13: 11: 03

My dear old Nan

Many thanks to you & Mother for
your letter. I have written to Willie
at Port Said. I will try to get up at
Xmas, if only for a week end.
I feel very sorry for you both, but
you will soon cease to feel his
absence. Tell old Mother not to
worry about money, and above all
not to stint herself or you of
ordinary comforts. I can always
spare anything she may need.