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door. And Max sounds to be so much the same.
And Peter had the same kind of friendliness &
charm, he treated me as an equal & a friend,
& was not very popular with so many people. I need to
pay a daily round of calls.
I have thought about this many times during the
last few weeks - remembering Lisa, hearing from you
about Marie, knowing Peter, that it is a break &
gift, which we have, of dealing with children, our own
children, so that they love us & like us & trust & never
feel frightened or shy os us - & so they develop very
naturally, happily & without complications, & all the
very best comes out of them.
I must now get away from my own troubles & try &
be more cheerful in this letter. And first of all answer
some parts of your last last two lovely letters.
First of all about the Buffs, darling. I have & am
nothing to do with them - & these Palestinian Cay's came [illegible]
I remain Cheshire Regt, & wear my mural badges &
buttons, that is the way I shall come home. I am
what is known as extra - regimentally employed, & am
therefore on what is called the "X" , list of the
Cheshire Ben out here, & am accounted for on that at a
places called G.H.Q. 2nd Echelon, in Cairo, where every
regiment & corps out here, has its records &
statistics kept. As you said in your letter, the
Buffs are a rather swanky & snooty experience
regiment, & it would annoy me to be with
them.