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what she says - she is just unlucky in what she says. And I had your p.c. of May 26th - just two days before the birth. How sweet you were to write to me then - but then you are sweet to me - very very sweet. I'm falling asleep, my darling. Goodnight, beloved sweetheart. x x x

Monday (deleted) Saturday 14 June. I can assure you darling - I have not been idle about writing to you, I just have not had any time at all, except on Thursday when I went to another comment & was too tired to write when I came in. If you will cast your mind back to dates, when you get this, you will remember that it was on June 7th that we entered Syria. Up to then, for several days, & ever since, it has been a whirl, & I have been working solidly from 8 in the morning until 12 at night. I told you we had had a four hour air raid on Monday night - we had the same again on Wednesday - & a two hour one last night. And there is no such thing as staying in bed for me, or going to sleep in a shelter. I have to take charge in what is called the Command Post, & take & send messages about things & be ready to command if any thing happens. The loss of sleep is a serious matter in addition it makes one smoke so much more, being awake for so long - and then there is all the hard & concentrated normal work. But I am bearing up v. well, & rather pleased with my vitality. The one pleasure of the day, is a bathe in the sea every afternoon. In addition to all my other occupations, I am Officer i/c Swimming for this part of the place, & have had to pin up a