Cronin encloses certificate [not enclosed but copy inscribed on verso of this letter] from the doctors who are looking after his daughter which: "will prove to you that she is at present in a very critical condition. I am informed that a second operation may be necessary, but, the doctors cannot say definitely for a week. The child's mother is dead & since my return she has clung to me & the doctors report a slight improvement since my return. I would ask you to extend my parole over a further period of two weeks, in the hope, that by that time, the crisis may be passed & the child's life saved".