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Letter No. 58. Thurs. 10 July.
Major. J. H. Massey.
6 Palestinian Coy. The Buffs.
Middle East Force.

My darling one-

I got your p.c. of June 6th
today, & I was so thrilled to hear
that you had already been allowed up,
& were feeling well, & going to Dievan
on the 12th, & that Max had had
his "winkler" snipped & was alright.
But I am still longing for your
letters, & more news. I had been
feeling a lttle worried, because it
was published in the paper here
that the Plymouth express had been
in collision on July 2nd, & some killed
& many injured. And I was afraid you
might have been hanging around, waiting
for Peggy's baby, & so gone down much
later than expected. But now all
seems to be marvellously well. I am
looking forward to long & happy letters.

Darling, you ask again if I have told
the B. C. & W. D. about my majority. I have
written about this in more than one
letter & so I do hope you have had
one of these by now. In case not, I
have written & told them - they were

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bound to know sooner or later. I said
nothing about the pay, & they probably will
not realise how large the increase is -
but I did talk about & rather stress the
temporary nature of the appointment.

I'm sure they will be pleased to know
that their little Harvy is getting on well.
Was Clifford delighted about my majority
or about Max? I must write to them
again.

Darling sweetheart - I will
most certainly buy you a "nice gaudy
bracelet & necklace to match." I was
already thinking of it, but remembered that
you were not too fond of bracelets - you
have always said you cannot bear things
on your wrists. I have heard that the
Yemenite work in such things is very
lovely & a little fantastic, & so I will
go & have a look, without fail within the
next few days. I'm afraid they will have
to be sent by ordinary sea mail, though.

Dearest darling, now that all is happily
over, I think more & more of you &
your lovely adorable self. And there is
nothing in the world I would not
sacrifice, excepting anything to do with
you, to be with you. As time goes
on, I think more & more of you, &