Jan 11 Dearest Father. A line to tell you that I am so glad I'm not an orphan. How you all escaped we can scarcely make out and really when I look at the cars my chief feeling is one of satisfaction at the thought that you got off so easily. I do hope your eye is not bad. I'm afraid you must have had a fearful knock on the cheek and I wish you had not been bustling off to a long day of travelling and business.
Mrs Cunliffe will take care of you - I'm glad to think you will be with her tonight. Dearest, what an awful affair it would have been if you had been hurt! I'm so thankful you aren't that I can think of nothing else. Your very affectionate daughter Gertrude