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excellent health. You asked me in a letter what my weight
is - but God knows. The last time I weighed myself
was 4-5 months ago & then I was as usual, about 125,
or a little less. And I imagine I am about the
same now - certainly no more. What do you want me
to be? - more or less?

One of your letters was lovely, darling - & said that one of
mine had been so passionate that it nearly made you
go off pop. From time to time, yours do the same for
me, & what with your letters, & my very visual memories of
you, & my photographs, I almost do go off pop. It is
lovely to think that we can affect each other from so far
away. What will happen when I come home? Sometimes
I think, sweetheart, that it will be a waste to buy
lovely, new clothes, because you will never have
them on. But, I suppose we will want to go
out & have a walk, & have a drink, & see a show.
And it will be lovely to take off your lovely new
clothes for you. And quite as lovely to be so
passionate & excited that there will be no time
to take them off.

Oh darling - quite apart from passion, which is
wonderful & very important - I do promise you
faithfully from the very bottom of my heart that
I will [?] every nerve to be a proper husband
for you, to make you happy & contented -
interested & enthusiastic. I can do it, my darling,
- I feel confident in my power, & you must
believe [?] in me, however long you have
to wait for me. You are my whole life, my