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Laurier House, Ottawa.
Sept: 14: 24
My dearest wee Mother
I was delighted when I got here yesterday to get your letter & Nan's & the children's. But I think some letters must have gone astray, for we never heard from you at Metis, and in your letter you say you are better, but we didn't know you had been ill. What was wrong with you, my wee body? I am very anxious about you, especially with the little boys on
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your hands. I do hope you are quite well now. Your handwriting has enormously improved. Nan's letter was delightful; thank her very much for it. She really should come to this country, for she is a name to conjure with. If you ask for her books in the shops, people at once begin to beam.
We left Metis on Friday night, just after the Geoffrey Dawsons arrived.
We had comfortable sleeping-berths, but it is hard to sleep for the train is very rough in its movements. Mr. Reford met us at Montreal & took us to his house on the hill, which is full of wonderful art treasures. We lunched there & then came on to Ottawa. The Prime Minister, Mackenzie King, met us & several other ministers. We are staying in the house which Sir Wilfrid Laurier left him - most comfortable. He is extraordinarily kind, and gave a dinner party for us last
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night. To day we are motoring down to his country house, and tomorrow afternoon we leave for Boston.
Susie, poor thing, has had a bad cold, for the house was too hot & the weather has been like Scotland at its worst. She is almost better, and I, though eaten alive with flies, am very well. I have just got an early copy of my Minto, & I hope you have got your copy.
I do hope I shall hear in the next letter that you are quite well. Much love to everybody
from
John
