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during the hot weather, and I think this, combined with the sad news in your letter, had the effect of making me collapse. I did not let Mr Power know this when I wrote to him! The misery of the last ten days is indescribable. the doctor says I slept part of the time, but I am confident I did not lose consciousness once. All during the dreary days and night I constantly saw Mr Power! Saturday however I got up and dressed and feel quite well again.

My dear Doctor, you letter was not pathetic. I felt, after reading it that I never should recover from it. Your diagnosis of his physical condition was so thorough that I read it to our family physician, and your interpretation of Mr Power's mental and moral traits revealed the fact that you had studied him. I know how thoroughly true your estimate of his character is. I never knew a more noble character: He was incapable of doing a dishonorable act, and the utter failure of his life is a tragedy, since this failure is due, not to dissipation or wrong living, but to an inability to become a "mixer" with men. He could not affiliate with the "masses" therefore he appreciated the friendship of one or two whom he trusted and believed in. Your very great