Hetty Dorval
“One day in December Richard came to the school to see me and brought the news of Father’s death. Father’s truck had gone off the icy road of the Fraser Canyon. He had been taken to the Convent-Hospital, and there they had brought Mother to him. I wanted to go at once to Mother. But telegrams and a letter from her and a long letter from Sister Marie-Cécile reiterated that Mother was well, that she knew what she had to do, and that I was on no account to change the plans that they had made for me.... She might even join me in a little while but of that she could not speak with any certainty – not yet.
Sister Marie-Cécile wrote (and I will set part of it down in English): “Your mother told me to tell you everything, my dear Frances, and I will tell you, for there are things which she could not write to you although you should know them. I will tell you, Frances, for I was with her, that just before your father ceased to live he said to her ‘Dear, our happy, happy life together,’ and your mother said without weeping, ‘Nothing can ever part you and me, Frank.MoreLess
Sister Marie-Cécile wrote (and I will set part of it down in English): “Your mother told me to tell you everything, my dear Frances, and I will tell you, for there are things which she could not write to you although you should know them. I will tell you, Frances, for I was with her, that just before your father ceased to live he said to her ‘Dear, our happy, happy life together,’ and your mother said without weeping, ‘Nothing can ever part you and me, Frank.MoreLess
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