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It has certainly been wonderful,
but I have missed my Sneddie
terribly and have been so impatient
to get home and read your letters,
I carried the first one with me
in my pocket, (it looks it too) and
read it in every secluded nook, it
cheered me up wonderfully. You
dear old wonderful lous, oh how
I love[underlined] my Sneddie! I just
read and read and read your letters
this morning and missed you with
a terrible ache, its nice to get letters
though, especially ones that are
slightly naughty in spots as
yours are inclined to be, you bad
kid! I just want to be held in
your arms and squeezed until
I can't breath, and those