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3. such a place, darling one, & write to them & make tentative arrangements.

What a wonderful, glorious second honeymoon it is going to be, my sweetheart. Brussels was pretty wonderful, but this is going to be incomparably more so. And it is coming for us so very much sooner than we really & truly expected.

I really have very little heart or inclination to write - & am only hoping that I shall be with you before this letter. I will send another A.G. today or tomorrow - & when I know I am leaving I will cable you & will probably have the opportunity to cable again from Durban or Capetown.

One thing we must avoid at all costs is having any leave broken up in the same way that my embarkation leave was. I suppose that by some means or other we shall have to see my family & Aunt Sarah - or else serious offence will be taken. But everybody else can go hang. I only want to see & be with you & Maxie, & waste no time at all in travelling about in trains. And that is why I want you so much to find a lovely place for us to go to & stay. If you think it, I am quite happy to cut London out of our programme though I expect that that