p.

7.

up pretty well. They are in again, so we invited them
along & also a dear old thing of an R.A.F. Adjutant
with snow white hair , who I know rather well.
We drank steadily away from 7.0 to 10.30 & then
they all agitated to go out. I was determined not
to go but my subs rather kindly really insisted
so we went to different cabaret places. But
these places are hopeless & useless & nearly screamed
with boredom. And such a shocking waste of the 17/6
I spent on one round of rather inferior wisky party
drinks. These places have very poor bands, a pathetic
floor show, a lot of silly looking badly behaved officers,
& a number of rather plain, dirty & smelly looking
girls in evening dresses, who are merely prostitutes & who
I am told charge most ridiculous prices for their
disgusting bodies. The last time I visited one of these
joints was about four months ago - the next time will
be at least another four months, if at all.

I had two pcs from you yesterday - July 19 & 24-
telling me that all was well & Max lovely. They really
are a good thing, these pcs for the one reason that
they give me news of you 3-4 weeks old, instead
of the 8, 9 & 10 weeks of normal our letters. And as you
say, they are almost as good as cables, unless it is something
very urgent. I hope the next cable that passes between
us will be from me, to say I am coming home.

The most fortunate man in my Coy is my C.S.M.
Jack. His wife & family - 2 daughters - were evacuated
from Palestine to Durham, S.A. And this week , I