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8. & the fat little greaser will be well into the commission. It was very kind of him, I suppose - but I cannot really believe that he likes me, & probably he only thinks that it may be as well to keep in with a possible Director. I wish they would round him up for the Army, & I expect he is another of those people not even doing any Service at all, & just pretending that he works hard enough already.

The bit of yellow spotted voile arrived too; it is so sweet my darling & you will look as pretty as a picture - & very alluring too, & I shall not be there to be allured. Do send me more bits of stuff like this please, & tell me all about your clothes, as I love to hear & it all fits in with many of my thoughts about you. My missing of you gets worse & worse sweetheart. When I get your lovely letters, I feel marvellously happy & uplifted - & then there is always a reaction when I wonder how in the world I am going to exist any longer without you & touching you & loving you. My God, but it is painful, & really too much to endure at times. And I just cling to the hopes of an early end to all this war - & then the racket of trying to get home among the early ones.

I must post this now - at 4 sheets for 10d. All my dearest love, my darling Barbara, for ever & ever. And do not worry about me, I shall be alright. Your Harry.