Friday, August 23, 2019

Priest who borrowed a book from his elderly neighbour as a child is touched to be given the title more 30 years later after her death - and finds pressed flowers he gave to her aged 18

From The Daily Mail-

A priest has told how he was given a book by the family of a late neighbour and found flowers he had given her as a teenager pressed inside. 

Reverend Daniel Brereton, from Ontario, Canada, took to Twitter to tell how he had fallen in love with 1901 novel The Making of a Marchioness after reading it at the home of his elderly neighbour Mrs Smith, whom he affectionately called 'Granny'. 

The title, which Mrs Smith forevermore called 'Danny's book', was passed down to her daughter, and later her granddaughter. 

Writing on Twitter, Reverend Brereton, now thought to be in his 40s, explained how he was touched when Mrs Smith sent him the book on her mother's death.

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