It must have tried you very much.
"My telling you not to fret about me is the proper thing to do.
That is my business in this world very largely, and if I can only comfort your dear heart--well, I shall do good work.
"Good-bye, my darling child.

Write to me as often as you can, but not when overburdened.

I am with you, and for you, and in you for ever and ever.

Love to everybody.
"Your affectionate father and General, "William Booth." To an Officer whom he regarded almost as a daughter, and whose hearing had been greatly affected, he wrote:-- My Dear C.,-- "Thanks for your sympathetic letter.

It is good of you to think about me now and then.