p.

healthy country. I you can get all the food
you cannot get in England. Then there is
the great interest for you of Palestine,
Egypt, Syria etc. And when the war ends, it
will not be so important as to when I
come home. Financially, you should not
worry. To be together is worth more than all
the money in the world. And if I were to
get compassionate posting home, I should
come home as a Captain, & probably find
it quite difficult to get a majority again.
And the difference between a Major &
a Captain is [pounds symbol]250 p.a. We must both
work all out for the one main object,
that by one means or another, in England
or in the M.E. we must be together.
I have set my heart on it sweetest, &
I cannot think of any thing else at all.
I will cable you as & when I have news
or make progress & you must please
do the same. By the way, Ben reckons
you can have a decent little flat in
Tel Aviv & a servant girl & food - for [pounds symbol]15-20
a month- which is quite cheap, isn't it?
Darling Barbara, it must happen. I cannot
bear to live without you. And by the way,
when we go off for a trip, Mina Hopkins
would, I know, look after Max v. well & v.
efficiently. All my deepest love sweet. H XXX
XXX

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