Thursday, 13th January, 1916

Letter from Marie dated Jan 4th
She said she had not got any news
from home for sometime which is curious
as I wrote constantly. She was anxious
to have news of you. Was glad to hear
Tommy was with us for Xmas.
She was very grateful to him for sending
a cheque for her special men, she
was able to give all the 5th Connaughts
& 6th Dublins in the Hospital a special
present with his best wishes. A Pipe
cigarettes tobacco & some sweets to
each, they were delighted & thought
themselves the luckiest of men.
In fact she gave all the men in her
block a very good time with the
money we collected & sent out.
Another nurse also got some money
so they were able to do things well.
She took some of the men out for a
drive the next day which was a
great treat to them.
She told me she had a great escape
of being poisoned with an injection
of typhoid. Most of those who had it got ill.