Letter from Lily Dougll to Amy Redpath, 15 June 1901
Montreal.
June 15th
Dearest Amy
[...]No words can say how deeply I feel what your heroism and that of all your brothers has been and is. It is a joy even to try to do anything for you. I truly loved your mother and the dear boy who has fallen asleep with her seemed to me one of the most perfect characters I have ever known. Dear, you know I am not writing idle words for the sake of writing […]
Always your affectionate cousin – Lily Dougall
Source: Lily Dougall, Letter from Lily Dougall to Amy Redpath, 15 June 1901, June 15, 1901