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Capt J. H Massey
6th Palestinian Company
The Buffs
Middle East Forces

Letter. no. 25

17 Mar 41
Monday

Sweet darling - Your 22nd letter arrived today - & thus fills in
the gap beautifully, & tells me all about your rooms at Ascot.
The way these letters are coming at the moment is really
wondrous, & I almost look forward to the post with confidence.
It is very nearly like being away from you, but at home in
England or Ireland. The only thing is the difference in time,
but now in March, I somehow feel that the clock has been
put back, & I am living with you in January. And now I
must work even harder than before to keep up with your letters.
I have only answered the last one with a letter card, & now
another one is here. Last night I had a night out, which I
will tell you abouot later on in this - & tonight I have had to
be busy up to now, 11 o'clock. But I must make a start,
before I go to bed. So I will be business like, & tell you all
about the many question - & then go on about various things I have
been going to ask you to do for me, but have always been
too busy chattering to you, or telling you I love you, or how
I think I did go into finances partly thoroughly before, & have
added things from time to time - but things have altered a
bit & may, I hope will, after more, & so I will give you
all the figures as far as I know them.
First of all, darling, what comes in. The allowances, as you
surmise, are paid out here - that has to be, because they
vary, & always have to be claimed for. With the exception
of course, of the marriage allowance, 6/- a day which is paid
in at home. I have Colonial allowance allowance, which