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service is reasonably regular now. I do hope there is an
improvemetn from P to E. I also had my monthly epistle
from Vera - she had had my 7 page effort to her &
reckoned to be v. thrilled with it. Did you hear that the
7th had gone abroad? - but that Parsh had blood
pressure & could not go? Vera tells that he now
has a job in Altrincham - not too romantic, but how
I envy him. Putting 2 & 2 together, I think that their
destination must have been India - so if my transfer
had been effected that is where I should be now.

I must on to bed darling - I'm far too sleepy to write
a decent letter you know that I will think about you
in bed & go to sleep doing that - I always do, no
matter how sleepy & tired I am. XXX Barbara sweet xxx H.

Sunday - June 7th Your last letter began by telling me that
you loved me so much - which was a very lovely beginning
& gave me a nice warm feeling on top of my normal
thrill & pleasure when I get a letter from you. I love
when I see such a spontaneous announcement in one of
your letters - then a special feeling of realisation surges
up & fills my whole body & mind.

It is 6 1/2 years today since we were married - I am just
thinking how we have been pushed around during that
time. Nearly 2 years in Arthington - then 3 months at
the Troutbeck & Ellis' - 1 1/2 years in Shipley - one year
being pushed around in the army during this war -
& now 1 3/4 out here & away from you. It is very
much time for me to come home - & for you
& I to be given the chance to settle down &
get on with our lives. I have just worked out that
by Nov 16th, when I shall have been in uniform for
three continuous years, you & I have only been