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& something happy & exciting too. 32 was my age when I
left you - & the next one, 33 is my age now. And my
last one, 31, is your age now, though of course I realise
that your are only 21 really. Whatever you are, you are
very wonderful, my sweetheart. As I sit here & think about
you, I marvel at you, my darling one. I think about you,
& shake my head & groan aloud, this being parted from
you is so agonising & tragic. You are so beautiful &
lovely, so young & so pretty, so smooth & so soft &
utterly gorgeous & sweet & adorable & desirable. Barbara
dearest darling, you are so satisfying to be with, so
fine to talk to, & so heavenly & wonderful to make
love to. I am perfectly certain that there is nobody
in all the world like you, so perfect & lovely - others
never will be. Age will never make any difference.
I shall always love yoyum passionately & deeply & with
all my heart & soul. I'm not just writing this
darling, because I think it will please you, or because
I think it time I made some endearments. I feel it
terribly strongly & with the utmost strength & certainty
& I am trying hard to tell you.

Oh, I do long to be with you. I pray hard, every day of
my life here, that this may be soon. There is so
much happiness & joy and excitement & interest & contentment
& peace and quiet & love - if only we could be together.

It is nearly 12-0 - & I will finish this tomorrow -
and try to make it a long one. I have so much to
tell you again. Goodnight my sweetest love -

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& something happy & exciting too. 32 was my age when I
left you - & the next one, 33 is my age now. And my
last one, 31, is your age now, though of course I realise
that your are only 21 really. Whatever you are, you are
very wonderful, my sweetheart. As I sit here & think about
you, I marvel at you, my darling one. I think about you,
& shake my head & groan aloud, this being parted from
you is so agonising & tragic. You are so beautiful &
lovely, so young & so pretty, so smooth & so soft &
utterly gorgeous & sweet & adorable & desirable. Barbara
dearest darling, you are so satisfying to be with, so
fine to talk to, & so heavenly & wonderful to make
love to. I am perfectly certain that there is nobody
in all the world like you, so perfect & lovely - others
never will be. Age will never make any difference.
I shall always love yoyum passionately & deeply & with
all my heart & soul. I'm not just writing this
darling, because I think it will please you, or because
I think it time I made some endearments. I feel it
terribly strongly & with the utmost strength & certainty
and I am trying hard to tell you.
Oh, I do long to be with you. I pray hard, every day of
my life here, that this may be soon. There is so
much happiness and joy and excitement and interest and contentment
and peace and quite and love - if only we could be together.
It is nearly 12-0 - and I will finish this tomorrow -
and try to make it a long one. I have much to
tell you again. Goodnight my sweetest love -