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wrung himself outside my tent and requested help. The river had risen & his jeep had bogged, he had four hospital evacuees - one in a coma, & he had no torch. Could our boys carry them the remaining distance? The boys found the river too fast flowing & too deep. Poor [?] [love] he was in a horrible dilemma & noticably worried. I asked him if his lass was still true to him. So they found hospitality instead of the hospital they were trying to reach. So we dug up bags, names, spare blankets, groundsheets, hot coffee, medicines, & made them easy. Room for four only & the driver gallantly walked out to sleep in a jeep & the rain. Did I say 'sleep'? I went to bed then & nursed my tummy ache. I rose at eight, found the reports I'd laboured on for hours wet & useless . What a life!

Half an hour ago I opened up a parcel of papers and found you pet had