“TO MY WIDOW”
SCOTT’S LAST LETTER PUBLISHED BRITISH ANTARCTIC HERO (United 7*..1 . —8y Telegraph Copyright) \ Reed. 9.30 a.m. LONDON, Friday. A hitherto unpublished letter from j Captain Scott, addressed “To My j Widow,” is included in a life of the : explorer by Stephen Gwynn, published by John Lane. The letter, which was written when Captain Scott was awaiting death, said: “If anything happens to me, I should like you to know how much you have meant to me, and what pleasant recollections go with me as I depart. I want you to take the whole thing sensibly, as I am sure you will. The boy will be your comfort. “You know I cherish no sentimental i rubbish about remarriage. When the light man comes to help you ill life, you ought to be your own happy seif i again.” Captain Scott’s widow is now Lady j Hilton Young. She married again : in 1922.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 828, 23 November 1929, Page 1
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153“TO MY WIDOW” Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 828, 23 November 1929, Page 1
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