| p. Letter No.53. Saturday. Major.J.H Massey
28 June 6 [?] [joy?] , The [Bulls?]
Middle [East?] [Faree?]
My [?] darling Barbara -
Your letters are [now?] arriving beautifully
Your [?] [?] of May 5[th?] came this [week?].
You were worried about me [entering?] [this?]
battle [darling?] [?] [?] [?]
maybe [popping?] [my?] [?]. Please [don't?]
[worry?] , sweetheart. we are not exactly
fighting troops, [?] [it?] is a [case?] of
[parachute?] [or?] air [?] every troops -
[&?] in any case i am quite certain I
should be [perfectly?] [calm?] [&?] [?] to deal
with the [?]. And never shall I
forget my darling, what i have told
you before, that more than anything
in the world, I want to remain
alive [&?] return to you. And I know I
shall [?] so you [?] not even
consider any alternative. The [thrilling?]
[?] [to?] which I am looking forward,
is always too [much?] to look forward to.
I wish I could have another [letter?]
from you - it is [3?] weeks now
since I had the first one from [Joan?]
[?] really [should?] have heard [by?]
now. The [?] in the P.O. have
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certainly sent it to the wrong
place again. I refuse to worry
because I know [them?] to be such
fools. I called you a few days ago
to [send?] me more news. These
[E.?] [?]. [caller?] are now [different?] - do
you know of the new idea. [Instead?]
of [being?] [?] to send what [you?] [would?]
at the [special?] [?], they have now
[?] a system of set phrases
which are numbered - you pick your
numbers, [&?] [each?] send [?] [?]
for the [sum?] of [216?]. That was
what I [?] this week it seems
they are to be quite fair. [?]
I hope you do [not?] wonder what
has happened to me - the words
must sound so [unatural?].
Darling, please send me [by?] [p.e.?]
your measurements. I [can?] [buy?] very
pretty stuff here, very cheaply, [&?]
I can have [some?] ideas, of [shorts?],
[&?] blouses, [&?] even dresses [&?] have
them made up by our [?] [Indian?]
tailor, who is very good [&?] cheap.
And if you have any things which | p. Letter No.53. Saturday. Major.J.H Massey
28 June 6 [?] [joy?] , The [Bulls?]
Middle [East?] [Faree?]
My [?] darling Barbara -
Your letters are [now?] arriving beautifully
Your [?] [?] of May 5[th?] came this [week?].
You were worried about me [entering?] [this?]
battle [darling?] [?] [?] [?]
maybe [popping?] [my?] [?]. Please [don't?]
[worry?] , sweetheart. we are not exactly
fighting troops, [?] [it?] is a [case?] of
[parachute?] [or?] air [?] every troops -
[&?] in any case i am quite certain I
should be [perfectly?] [calm?] [&?] [?] to deal
with the [?]. [And?] never shall I
forget my darling, what i have told
you before, that more than anything
in the world, I want to remain
alive [&?] return to you. [And?] I know I
shall [?] so you [?] not even
consider any alternative. The [thrilling?]
[?] [to?] which I am looking forward,
is always too [much?] to look forward to.
I wish I could have another [letter?]
from you - it is [3?] weeks now
since I had the first one from [Joan?]
[?] really [should?] have heard [by?]
now. The [?] in the P.O. have
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certainly sent it to the wrong
place again. I refuse to worry
because I know [them?] to be such
fools. I called you a few days ago
to [send?] me more news. These
[E.?] [?]. [caller?] are now [different?] - do
you know of the new idea. [Instead?]
of [being?] [?] to send what [you?] [would?]
at the [special?] [?], they have now
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