Your devoted
Alfred.
Kisses to your dear parents, to all our brothers and sisters, to all our family.
22 December, 1896.
My dear Lucie:
Only a few lines while I wait for your dear letters, to send you the echo of my deep love, to repeat to you always, with all my soul, “Courage and faith,” and to embrace you with all my heart, with all my strength, as I love you, as I embrace also our dear children.
Your devoted
Alfred.