p.

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been so heavenly & wonderful & marvellous,
that to be suddenly cut off from each other is
too much & is not good for us. The very fact of
it having been so superbly happy, makes this
separation all the more difficult & unpleasant &
hard to bear - but I suppose I would not have
it otherwise. And there is absolutely nothing to be
done about it - except to know that we shall have
our reward when we meet again.

Thursday Aug 21st - A marvellous piece of news today darling -
we are getting out of this bloody barracks at last & getting
a move to another part of Palestine & so a complete
change of scenery & new work. I am absolutely elated
about it, as it means getting rid of all this extra
work & responsiblity for which I get very little thanks,
nor does it do me any good, as far as I can see,
in getting me any further - as financially. On the new
job, I shall just have my Unit to look after, &
nothing & nobody else, they will all be pretty
well under my hand, instead of scattered about as
they are now. We shall be under canvas again,
which I prefer & also drawing field allowance
again, another £5 a month, free of tax. The men
will be very pleased too, as they were having a
hard time here & have had a great deal to put
up with. Also, I shall be interested to see what
sort of a job the coy relieving us will make
of all this - they are 3 months older than we
are, but I have a feeling that they will fall
very much short of our standard. I'm expecting