'You don't know how he has endeared himself to me, first as Allan's
friend--then in the way he has looked after and helped my younger son
since he went to France.
'I have only seen Captain Lusk once, the evening you were all here,
but I was never allowed to forget him, as few letters from both Allan
and Vernon did not contain some reference to Captain Lusk. He seems
to have been everybody's friend. In a very sad letter which I
received from Vernon to-night--written before Captain Lusk's
death--he says "I don't know anyone who is so universally loved as
Lusk is."'