p.

8.

Without a moments hesitation. I picked up my soup -
dashed it back into the bowl & everybody followed
suit - I rang the bell, the whole lot was
removed, soup bowl, dirty plates & all - & we were
all sitting quietly having a cigarette when the
A.C. arrived, apologising profusely for being so late.
It all happened so quickly & it was really very funny.

I had your p.c. of Oct 15th yesterday & I was very pleased
& relieved to hear that you have decided that you
cannot do a full time job. I do hope you will
find something to make you busy & useful enough
to satisfy your conscience & make you feel that
you are helping to speed on the end of the war
& that it will be reasonably interesting work. I
don't even know yet, of course, if you have moved to
Beaconsfield. You said you had a room with Teddy
Tibbles - but it sounded v. small & rather miserable.
You also said - on Oct. 15th, that Max was 5 months
old "today", what came over you darling?

I have been sitting here for some time, wondering
how & where to continue my discourse. It is very
difficult - there are so many things, so vastly many.
But I must go on somewhere - so let us take
Germany & what is to be done with the country.
It is really tremendous problem. Look what Germany
has done to the people of France & Poland & all
the rest of them. There must be a vast
number of people working for personal revenge.