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first of all exhaust all the possibilities of being sent
home myself. I suppose that that does in fact seem
up the same view. But, in the meantime, there can
be no harm done in finding out just what can
be done in the other direction & if & when the
time comes, & we have found out just what your
journey is, then you & I can decide how good or
bad it would be for Max. Possibly many things
will change during the next month or two which
will make us think again - the only things which
will need change, except to increase, are my love
for you & my longing to be with you & Maxie.
The enclosed newspaper cutting caused me a little trouble
& I was sent for by the Area Commander to explain
myself. The trouble of course was the last sentence.
The whole paragraph is a complete misquote of
what I actually did say, the last sentence resembles
nothing that I said at all. Col Leicester understood
very well, because he has suffered himself from this
kind of press misrepresentation. But what did
make me livid, was the fact that it was the
Brigade Major who had dug this up - & two other
things lended, which I was equally easily able to explain.
He is a bloody man & a bloody fool too. I think
he knows by now that I think both of those
things of him. This was a deliberate attempt
to get me into trouble. But I am being very
careful, darling, keeping my feet very dry: but