I know you will feel it deeply, for you always thought so much of your mother and loved her so truly.

I feel it also as a personal loss to myself for your mother was always very kind to me.

I admired her a good and noble woman. Her death must be a terrible grief to your father too.

Please assure him of my sincere sympathy.

Words, I know, are poor comforters. “The heart knows its own sorrow”, and in such sorrows we are always alone.

However, it is not mere words when I say that I feel with you in your sorrow.

Your sincere friends,

Jack

3. What is the possible relation between the sender and the recipient?

a. relatives
b. employers
c. friends
d. siblings
e. employees

Jawaban: C

4. From the letter we know that .....

a. Fred’s mother was not ill before her death.
b. Jack sent letter to Fred several weeks ago.
c. Jack was very sorrowful to send the letter to his mother.
d. Jack had known Fred’s mother before.
e. Fred is the only child in his family.

Jawaban: A

5. “You have my sincere and heartfelt sympathy, my dear fellow, in your sorrow.” What is the closest meaning of the underlined word?