p.

4.
talking to you. And I can almost feel your
sweet body against mine, & your arms round me &
your lips, & your hair in my eyes. And when I
go to sleep, I turn around & imagine you against
me again. And this is all very sad too, but it
does help - I feel I am very much better off than
people who don't think at all, or others who only
think about what they can find when they gt
to the next port. And this may sound out of
place at the moment, & it is certainly unecessary,
but perhaps you will not mind if I say it
again - you may even like me to - but, my
own darling, there is no possible chance of
my ever being in any way at all unfaithful
to you. It would spoil altogether all that I
think of you, & I will never allow that to
be spoiled. And if you will believe that
implicitly & if it makes you happy, it must
& does make me happy as well.
Oh damn & blast this war.
It is now 10.30 & I feel like bed - so goodnight
darling - until tomorrow.

Saturday 2nd Nov
It is just after lunch, & very hot again
today - in fact I think this must be the
hottest day we have had so far. The sun
is utterly brilliant, the sea is very smooth
& the sea & the sun merge indistinguishably