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4th Letter.
At sea
Friday 1st Nov

No 64582. Lieut J. H. Massey.
The Cheshire Regt.
Draft Serial R.M.H.C.A
G.H.Q. 2nd Echelon
Q
A.P.O 725

My sweet darling Barbara.
Here begins another of these serial
letters & by the time you receive this, you
will be sweeter & more darling to me. I'm
not quite sure what I mean by that, because
at the moment I cannot see how such a
thing can be possible. But I do know that at
the beginning of this voyage, I was missing
you, painfully, & thinking about you the greater
part of the time - by nw - & it is barely
four weeks since we were torn apart - you
are in my mind practically every moment
of the day & for a long time in bed each
night - & the pain of being without you &
away from you is almost beyond endurance.
I can hardly be bothered to join in any
conversation at all at meals, & just sit
there thinking this about you & that about
you - except when it is about something
which effects us, such as how to end the
war, or what will happen to us here