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7. & this one will be such. I do wish I could have another cable from you. He is four weeks old now - & I hope you are well on the way to being strong again, & that you are now in Noss Mayo, & that all is well. I will finish this tomorrow, darling precious one x x x x x .

Friday - 21 June. At last darling, after nearly nine monthe, we are beginning to correspond with each other. I had your 40th letter this morning, posted on May 5th & you had at last received a batch of my letters. I feel quite certain you will have had many more since then, & from now on our letters will be replying to each other & we shall really feel in touch, & know what we are thinking about each other's lives & actions & plans & thoughts & feelings. It does make such a hell of a difference, doesn't it darling? And I was pleased too, that your mother had had my letter & was glad to have it. She really is a dear soul, & I appreciate very much the affectionate way in which she looks upon me. And she has obviously been a big help to you in the latter stages of your awful pregnancy & it is a happy solution of a problem that you are going to live together in Devon. From what you are able to tell me so far, it sounds charming & delightful & I am looking forward to your first hand account of it all.

Would you believe it, I had 100 [Eobranie?] cigarettes & a longish letter from the wretched Girl this week - posted on Dec 17th. Plenty of "old boys" - and "if I can ever do anything for you - the words enough." It seems Silsden are well filled up with war work,