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And so my dear children, this is the end of another chapter in my life. As you can
imagine I am feeling very low ... but I can thank God that he gave her a painless
passage. With Sophie gone there will be no obstacle to my coming straight to you
when my contract expires in March 1955,” .

His niece, Jessie Bentley-Taylor, and husband David were in and out of Singapore during
1954-55, so they often saw him. This was after Sophie had died and he was living at the
Station Hotel, according to Bentley-Taylor,

“lonely, but very busy and useful, with many close friends. We had several meals
with him and he used to take Jess to church when I was away from Singapore.
When we finally left the city he was there at the station to see us off on the night train
for Kuala Lumpur.”
Fanny died at Ranchi on 26th August 1957. In 1959, the People’s Action Party (PAP) led by
Lee Kuan Yew won the general election and became the new ruling power in the now self-
governing Singapore.

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