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he expects to come. It will be a blessing
to have two[underlined] of you — but we want all[underlined]
so badly. I hope you are well & happy
dearest.

Dick writes that his Captain has given
him 4.0 which is the highest mark
possible we think in every thing as
4 executive officer which is better
than nothing, but of all the wretched
holes he has ever been in Key West
is about the worst he thinks, their