"I am very sorry to learn the news that you convey about Doreen.... I knew her first at a time when most of us believed her to be Joad's wife and I was surprised when she told me that this was not the case.... You have my deepest sympathy in your loss."

[Brereton became editor of the Victoria Humanist, married Menie Downie (to K. Blackwell's surprise when he visited the couple in Victoria, Mrs. Downie having been his Grade 9 Latin teacher), and visited the Russell Archives with the Humanists in Canada.]