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majority dated back to Jan 9th, when I first commanded
the Corp, instead of March 10th. Col. L. replied to my
letter & said no - so I promptly replied to him &
said I still wanted it, & if he still said no, I should
like to see him, & if that did no good, I should go
& see the Military Secretary. This date business has
always rankled with me, & won't feel browned off
about it & am going to do my best to fix it. And
financially, it is a matter of #43, which is
not to be sneezed at, at all.
I am going to try very hard to go to Jerusalem this
weekend - Shetok has asked me for lunch, & the
Samuels for dinner - & in my case, I [must underlined] see
Jerusalem & Bethlehem before I get much older. It
is [ridiculous ?], the way I never leave this [swine palace ?].
I expect Ben will come with me, if I go. His
promotion confirmation has still to come through-
& he is terribly anxious to get the extra ones up.
I'm afraid I have not replied to your letter very much,
darling - & so I will do in my next one. Though,
really, replying is a funny business, as it takes 4-5
months, by which time we have forgotten what it
was all about. When anything is urgent for a reply,
I always write an AG. I will stop now - & that
is another day over & nearer to coming home to you,
Darling sweetheart - it is all I really think of - & it
is certainly all that really matters. I do not care
a damn for anything or anybody else. And please
tell Maxie that I am longing to see him &
teach him to walk & talk. All of my love, sweetest Barbara XXX H.