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I think I know the great grief, that has been eating into the hearts, of yourself and wife for years, as well as [every?] human being. I knew you both before the great joy came to you, which made your home so bright and your hearts so glad and I saw you on your return from Europe with the shattered hopes of a life and the Temple you had so fondly [recused?]

in the future; in [?] [grieved?] as I felt, for your great [?]. I felt sorrier for Mrs. Stanford. I heard her express her love for children before she had any of her own and I felt her great desolation. But the storm has past for both of you, and [there?] is nothing left; but to watch and wait not long now, at best only a little while and then perhaps