My illness has almost turned me, but if I had but half a leg I'll do my duty toward my family." In another letter written to her daughter-in-law not long after the first, she says: "Tell Charles if he ever visits the mouth of the St.
John or old Fort Frederick, not to neglect for his mother's sake to visit the grave of Paul Guidon.

He knows the locality and may be able to detect the spot where the hero sleeps.

In my thoughts, God knows how often I linger about that spot.

Sacred indeed must be the earth that mingles with the dust of such nobility.

Were I present I would adorn his last resting place with the early spring flowers.