Item 11: Oliver L. S. Holt diary, 13 August-28 October 1918 - Page 85
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[Page 85]
Went to the concert again last night, came into the sugar refinery for letter writing purposes & then returned to the Nissen hut for a church service which was very inspiring.
The day before mother died I was in the front room at Hanover Buildings, leaning out of the window in the still twilight while she lay in bed seemingly asleep. Everything was quiet & it seemed desolate. I thought of the loneliness she must feel if she were awake, & of what thoughts were passing through her mind. How miserable & lonely she must feel, I thought, pondering on the happier periods of her life, & as I thought I hummed the tune of "Abide with me". It touched me so much at the time, that whenever I have heard the hymn since, the tears have come to my eyes. It seemsed as if it were a prevision of the end, in looking backing on the incident