Wednesday, 5th January, 1916

No news this morning.
Aunt Maisie lent us the small motor
in the afternoon so we went to see
Aunt Helena she was very grieved
to hear that we had no news of you
& is praying hard & getting prayers
said for you. We spent quite a long time
& then Ethel & I went on to the Colettine
Convent at Donnybrook to get prayers
there. We had a most amusing
experience as the gate happened to be
open & the car drove in. So Ethel & I
ventured in where a door was open
& light shining but we saw we could
get no further & and heard a very low
mysterious voice coming from we
knew not where & but we could not
make ourselves understood & ran away.
We called at the lodge & saw two women
there who were fearfully excited & told
us to take the car away at once it
should never have gone in. & that we
would not have found the gate open
only they were expecting a hearse.
However we said we would write our business