Our Daily Bill: An End

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My Dear Mrs. Wilson, —
     If this letter reaches you Bill and I will have gone out together. We are very near it now and I should like you to know how splendid he was at the end – everlastingly cheerful and ready to sacrifice himself for others, never a word of blame to me for leading him into this mess. He is not suffering, luckily, at least only minor discomforts.
     His eyes have a comfortable blue look of hope and his mind is peaceful with the satisfaction of his faith in regarding himself as part of the great scheme of the Almighty. I can do no more to comfort you than to tell you he died as he lived, a brave, true man – the best of comrades and the staunchest of friends.
     My whole heart goes out to you in pity,
Yours,
          R. Scott

(undated letter from the last camp in March 1912, quoted in Edward Wilson of the Antarctic pg 291)