They will have told you all the news here, and that I am hard at work.
This is not a letter so much as an a.s.surance that I never think of you without hope and comfort.
Ever, my dear Alfred, Your affectionate Father.
This Letter did not reach Australia until after these two absent sons of Charles d.i.c.kens had heard, by telegraph, the news of their father"s death.
THE END.