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Letter No 64 Saturday - 2nd Aug Major J.H. Massey
6 Palestinian Coy the Buffs
M.E.F.
My own dearest darling-
Half past three on a lovely Saturday afternoon
+ here I am feeling bloody I have gone + got myself upset
in my rum somehow same food I suppose And the
result is that I have the most awful sick feeling
in addition to the battle raging inside me which has
been going on for two days + so I feel excessively miserable
+ homesick + lonely for you I'm just telling you
this darling + taking your sympathy for granted +
you must not worry about me at all because I am
not ill only upset I always take considerable care
of myself + what I war So far I am one of the very
few people I have met out here who has not been
ill + had to go to bed Again I am reminced of how
much I used to enjoy Saturday lunch time at home +
the week end beyond It was always a rather special
sort of meal wasnt it? Especially at Maoorfield
Cottage Sitting on your couch + eating off Patties
round table + having sausage + mashed or egg +
tomate pie or mad Alice's special toad in the hole
+ hot black + white coffee our of breakfast cups And
then cigarettes + complete relaxation And you always
looked so pretty + lovely + I used to regard you +
wonder if you would like to make love + sometimes
we did + other times we did not + other times