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I was foolish enough to leave you + go away + play golf
then those awful times when the wretched Gil would
sit on top of the fire + blow smoke all over us +
listen on the radio to a football match from
Glasgow Do you remember his awful habit of smoking
at breakfast time? Ghastly Every now + again it
happens in the Mess here from newly arrived or
attached officers - + is the one thing above all things
which I will not allow + stop at once + when i take
immediate advantage of my position I dont really + truly
believe that I mind such a hell of a lot myself but
I am so used to you mending very definitely that
now I do too
I told you in my last letter about my lecture to the
landing parties of two destroyers. It duly came off
this morning. It turned out to be quite an affair
really - quite a large number of men in front of
me, all as tough as boots, the officiers at one side.
The Captain of the ship I was on introduced me as
"This is Major Massey, who has very kindly consented
to come along himself & tell about landings &
fighting". There I was. I then proceeded to
talk for 1 1/2 hours, with a ten minutes break for a
smoke. It seemed to go down alright.
At least, I did not have a sea of blank faces.