[?] for 1919. I am afreaid Clarence's death must have been a sad blow to you - my sympathy Dodie - This leaves me in a depressed & worried frame of mind as the years immediately before me hold promise of more struggles & worries than ever, I, pessimist that I am, had [-ied?] on - [?] [?] many hours

BC Archives, MS-0089, Box 1 File 6 GLASSFORD, Deborah Florence (Leighton). Vancouver Correspondence inward, 1918.