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Letter No. 76 - Thursday Oct 9th

Major J.H. Massey
6 Palestinian Coy, The Buffs,
M.E.F.

My sweet darling, It is 10.30 & really
too late to write but I do want to begin a letter.
After having a letter & 2 Airgraphs from you on Tuesday-
I had another letter yesterday which was wonderful. The
only trouble about getting several letters all together is that
it is bound to be followed by an interval of no
letters at all. But really they are coming quite well
now, considering the distance & the difficulties & the
last 6 have come in the correct order. You are writing
me such lovely, wonderful, long, loving letters my
darling - I must tell you again how good you are
& how much I look forward to them & what they mean
to me & how happy & content they make me
when they come. You are the most wonderful
person in the world to be with - & also the most
wonderful to be away from, if you see what I mean.
I do thank you from the bottom of my heart for
your letters, sweetheart.

You said in your letter that you hoped my grave responsiblities
would not stop me from being funny &
making you laugh. I can promise you faithfully &
absolutely that there is not the faintest chance of
that happening - I'm not getting at all pompous really.
And I can promise you that I will make you
laugh a lot when I come home; so many funny
things are happening almost every day. I would
give the world to be able to come home each
evening & tell you about them. Honestly, I believe
it is being able to see the funny side of things
out there that does keep me going. Because
taking matters fairly seriously as I do, I should