Translations:CP 02844/17/en

My dear little one, I am paralysed with fatigue and I no longer have the strength to give you all the news about Reynaldo. He was at Melun and having asked to be sent East he was sent to Albi, from where however, alas, he will leave for “the trenches” […] Since the start of this war I can’t tell you all the proofs of moral nobility that he has shown. I’m not just talking from the point of view of the war, but even indirectly. […] Truly Reynaldo is a rock of goodness on which we can build and live. And truly good. He is truly beyond measure […] the suffering. And I don’t know why I cite that particular example. If you want to write to him it would be best to write to him at his regiment, Hôtel du Vigan Albi Tarn. I’m sure that would give him great deal of pleasure because he has very special feelings for you and quotes you at his every word, never comparing you other than favourably