The transcription:
Pool House,
Much Demchurch,
Hereford
June 6, 1905
My dear Jack
I have been intending to write to you for some days but this last 4 or 5 days. I have been laid up & too unwell
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to do anything. I could only cough & hold my head - However am better Thank Goodness. I was so sorry for you all - & so ______ at the sudden loss we have all sustained - Your father has been one of mu kindest friends
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one of the best of friends but virtually not to me only but to all who came in contact with him.
You have my sympathy Jack - but I fear it no use, it won't replace him--
I suppose you are very busy & will have much to worry you, what with your Public & Private
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life. I hope to hear before long that you will settle down to a new Home and trust you will be as happy in it as I am in mind.
Your very sincere,
Walter Heygate
Submitted by Richard Hungerford at 1:45 AM on June 10, 2026.