p.

as early as possible,& look for the other at our
leisure, but not too leisurely, & don't settle down in
the imperfect one, as we did in Not Lane.
The one trouble is that I can picture the really
awful sacker which is going to go on after the
war, in houses & building materials - unless the
Government really & truly step in & control things.

Tuesday, Jan 20th Dearest darling - I had an A.G. dated Dec 18
yesterday, & two PCs today from Dec 21th & Jan 1st. There
is no doubt that PCs are much quicker on the
average. But you get rather more on an A.G. in
spite of your writing on both sides of the PC. Your
AG writing gets smaller & smaller but is 100%
legible. I wonder are we having a competition
because I have been reducing mine too, & squeezed
in 29 lines on the last one, but you have beaten
me by two.

They were lovely darling, & I contained all kind of
bits of news which I wanted to hear.

I am so pleased that the slippers arrived & are
alright. But how infuriating that a pair of stockings
were pinched. That is really a bit thick, & must
be what comes of having to declare the contents
on the outside of the parcel.

It is time I sent you another parcel, & I must
have a look round & see what I can find.

And on New Year's Eve, you wondered if I was
thinking of you! You can imagine how much,
my darling. But I enjoyed my last New Year
more really- & I believe I never told you