1 5 Warwick Terrace 24th May A Chara Dhilis It was so good of you to write.
I know what an effort it must
cost you & scarcely expected
it. May God comfort you.
You have been constantly
in my thoughts & prayers.
So has he been also, but I
have a strong conviction he
does not need our prayers
- unless to increase his glory
in Heaven. I believe we can
help our beloved ones in
that way. So I keep on pray
-ing always for my beloved hus
band, though I am sure he
is in Paradise with yours. 2 My sister - whose prayers are wasted
so much more than mine - is also
praying much for you both. I have
told her all about it & she is
deeply touched. It would com
-fort you a little if you heard the
many words of esteem & admir
-ation concerning your dear one
which I have heard during
the last few weeks, even from
those who had not the slightest
sympathy with his political ideas,
& who disapproved entirely
of the Rising. Everyone speaks
well of him. Everyone says
they know he acted from the
highest motives, & most
bravely & unselfishly & chi-
-valrously. Dozens of people
who never met him have said
to me 'I hear he was such
a good man - intensely religious 3 & good in every way.' And when people look at his
picture in the papers they say 'What a good face
he had.' Everyone too feels for you the deepest
sympathy. I am so glad to hear you are not
suffering so much in body as you are in
mind. I feared you would have been very ill.
I will call soon to inquire for you. You
must not trouble acknowledging this.
I enclose a few leaflets with some favour-
it thoughts of mind. You may like them too Believe me, always
Yours Very Sincerely Máire de Buitléir
bean Thomáis Uí Nualláin