p.

8.

I am told, these things are inclined to be a matter
of luck, & I am going to do all I can to be one
of the lucky ones. If only I could know when
applications will next be called for - as I remember
it is a month after application before one knows one's
fortune, & it is then another month until one
make a move in the right direction. So I shall
have to take things calmly, & get it off my mind
as much as I can. Sweetheart, I do want to come
home & make you happy - I would bear anything
myself, if only I could do that one thing.

Today I had your E.F.M. calls saying no news from me
for sometime. There is only one word for it when this
correspondence goes wrong - it is infuriating. Because I
try so hard to keep you well supplied. I suppose it is caused
to some extent by the three forms & methods of writing
& all taking different times to get home. I had six
letters from you in September between the 8th and the 23rd
but since then I have had nothing at all - That
seems a very long time nowadays: I shall select three
numbers to send to you tomorrow - but I hope my letters
will have arrived by now.

I must stop now - & send this away by the afternoon
post. Please think of everything that you can do,
my darling - & you know I shall be doing the same. And
please, dearest sweetheart, do not speculate or worry about
this too much. Whatever happens, you must know &
remember always, that I love you with all my heart,
& body & soul - you are everything in the world to me.
A big kiss to Maxie - & all the others to you, sweet.
Harry.