He has been talking to me of you, and while he has gone on deck he wants me to write to you.

How he loves you.

You are the bright spot to him in life, his oasis in the desert of this weary world.
When he is far out on the wide sea, your face comes up before him, and makes the loneliest place a home.

He loves to think that you pray for him.

He feels that he needs your prayers.