p.

2.

luck plays a part in the selection. But I feel that
very few people can have a more tragic story than ours,
during this war. And now that we have stood up to
being parted for a whole year - I just intend to
make every possible effort to put an end to this
miserable & wretched state of affairs. I shall have to
tell the whole story - about the boy - about our darling
Lisa - about my going away - about your father's death,
- about your miserable pregnancy - & now, although
Max was safely born & is fine, your wretchedness
& worrying, about Max, about me & about your
mother. That you are not strong enough to do very
much work, & yet when you are not working, your
mind is too free to think & worry. It might help
enormously, if Mr. Hughes or a doctor who knows you
well, would state in definite terms, that my return
home would have a direct & beneficial effect on
your health & mind & nerves. Hughes in London, is
rather a difficulty, but he knows your case very well
now & you could write to him & maybe your
doctor could too. I do hope that he will feel that he can
& should write this better. Maybe it is not necessary,
in the case of an officer - but it may be, in which
case it would be very helpful.

I will tell you what I have done so far - I spent
a long time composing my letter. I enumerated
all our sadness & also pointed out my earnest
desire to serve with the 7th Bn. And then I
said how hard I had worked & mentioned my good
confidential report. I then decided to go & see