is by "gossiping" . Everything the people are saying is absolutely false and I would not give Frank's little fingers for the lot of them. [?] until she hears it from me, absolutely know nothing of Franks' [?] and if further proof is required I can produce a letter from old man Pearson (He was to be in [??}. Nobody has met him in which he states Franck confirmed to how terribly he had wronged Irene[?]. There are also other Service [?] who new Franck intimately and knew of this [?] before he came to Fauch[?]. Who will stand back of [?][?]. However, what's the use?

I know ahead to me is sufficient. Take my word for it, Dodie, when I tell you that Louise[?] has never [?] Frank since he left Lauch[?] and if it is within his power to prevent it, he will never see him again. As far as [?] effectively initiating a reconciliation is concerned it

BC Archives, MS-0089
Box 1, File 5
GLASSFORD, Deborah Florence (Leighton), Vancouver
Correspondence inward, 1917.