p.

2.

than I can bear. So I must hurry and write about more
mundane things, or I shall sit hear all night, thinking about
you, until my brain snaps.

Let's talk about money again. I did some arithmetic yesterday, and
taking the Dec overdraft figure, & adding what I have had
since then, + £20 a month for you + £5 a month for your
mother - & then taking my pay & your allowances + the extra
pay for Captain Major + the commission - & the result is
that at April 30th, we should be £225 in credit which
sounds rather lovely & healthy - in fact, it does not only sound,
it is. And there is another thing - I believe that your marriage
allowance now increases either to 7/6 or 9/6 a day, instead of
6/- a day. But I only realised this the other day, &
have not been able to get hold of a copy of Allowance
Regulations since. So that will be a pleasant surprise
for you, when the pay slip is seen to be more
than ususal. And my allowances go up a bit too - that
I also have to find out for certain. We shall be able
to begin making plans about our next house soon!
I started this late tonight and my mind has been wandering
rather too much. And now, I must go and listen to
Churchill's broadcast - 11-0p.m. - and then to bed. Goodnight
sweetest, dearest love. XXXX. H.

28th April

This really is a horrible, disgusting country, &
I loathe and detest it. Admittedly, my outlook is very much
biased. I should hate any country I had to spend
any length of time in, without you. But even without
this, the country is loathsome. As my colour sergeant
rather crudely puts is, the whole place is just