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[Letter No. 10?]
Major J.H. Massey
6 Palestinian Coy. The Buffs
[illegible] E.F.

My dearest darling -

I am having a bad week for writing to you.
On Monday, I was all set to go, but Ben & I were the
only ones in & he was in a bad mood & depressed, partly
on account of having been chased up by me the previous
few days - & he deliberately began to be sorry for himself
& so I spent the evening talking with him. Poor man,
he has a wife he does not love very much, & is not
really interested in at all - I must say she is a
very dull & rather silly girl. He has not the faintest
idea what to do with himself after the war.

On Tuesday, I was [?] working late & had dinner
late - & then for some unknown reason this Bradford
M.O called in & stayed until 12.0. I thought Ben
had asked him in. Ben thought I had. He's quite
a pleasant bloke really, but I cannot see in him a new
friend for us after the war, [was a doctor?]

Wednesday, I was late for dinner again, having had a long
talk with the squadron leader about various things. Silly
little man. I had been chasing him all day, but in
the morning he was all in a flap because the Duke
of Gloucester was landing here & staying for lunch; -
in the afternoon he was playing cricket. And then I
had to go out into the night & work. I saw
Gloucester & gave him a smart salute & received a
smile & a sloppy salute in return. But the R.A.F.
people here had not the wit or the courtesy to
ask me to the lunch but may be it was as