You know, dear cousin, the special bond of sympathy that unites us; your boy has been robbed of a parent; my children long since have had to mourn a mother.

I cannot leave them here.

They accompany me to England, where perhaps for all of us there awaits a community of comfort.

I bespeak your motherly heart for them, as I promise you a father's affection for your boy.

I will write no more at present.