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Letter No. 65

Monday Aug 4th

Major J.H. Massey
6 Palestinian Coy, The Buff
U.E.F.

My own darling heart

I had a lovely p.c. from you today, of
July 16th, which told me something about
Marie's looks - 11 lbs 1 oz. dark grey eyes,
well shaped eyebrows, a pinky brown
colour - & not much hair. His hair will
come along soon I expect & he sounds
like a marvellous boy & I would give
anything to see him & you. I wonder how
his grandmother likes him. And you are
able to fasten yourself up by the usual
books again. What a marvellous change
darling. To actually have Max as a fat
little person to keep you company
& at the same time not to have to
cart him about inside you all the
time. You must hardly know yourself.
Any day now, your letters fro June &
onwards must begin to arrive - I am
longing for them.

Your last letter, darling, talked about what to
do with all our wealth. I did write to you
about this - & also Jimmy, I sent him an
Airgraph, asking him to write & advise you,
because I know so little about our
shares just now. So, I hope by now
that you will have heard from him,
& that u will have been satisfactorily
disposed of. An [Increase?] Tax table was
published in General Orders the other day &
it seems to me that we pay about £20
a month - more than a 1/4 of our taxable
incoe. It seems an awful amount, but it
nearly all goes to helping to win the war
& so I suppose we must not complain.
Your letter also told me about the duty you
had to pay on the dressing gown & underclothes.
I really do think they should allow us some
freedom in sending presents home. I sent you
another 'set' last month & 3 prs of stockings.
And I still have another 3 prs here to send
on to you. Shall I send them, darling, or
hang onto them until I come home!

Please let know by p.e. I rather thought
that stockings would be rather useful just
now. I have also got a cheap massive
bracelet & a cheap onyx ring for you,
both feminite work & which I have sent
on, & I hope you will like them.
And I have sent you quite a lot of
snaps lately, which I hope you will like.
They are all these very Leida ones &
I have sent the negatives in every
case & you can have the ones you
want enlarged. It really is disgraceful
darling. That I have only had one
solitary snap of you. No doubt my
previous letters of complaint will by