Thursday
Dover
Dearest,
Big treat yesterday, for I had two letters! You seem to be on the losing end of this present letter business, though usually it’s me. I have been writing every other day except for the first few days when the weekend intervened and I hope you are getting them more regularly now.
Looking through the letter in which you enclosed Jane’s letter, I don’t think there is anything which needs a definite answer, but I’m glad to hear that Michael has improved so much in regard to the fairgrounds. Glad to hear that Harold managed to get home – lucky beggar – and that he is so well. What are the chances of him getting mixed up in this second front? Pretty small I should think, but he would have been a certainty if he had happened to be in Lowestoft for from all accounts there were bags of small ships on the job. Yesterday’s letter was very welcome indeed. It’s nice to get a normal letter again and, as you say, it’s almost impossible to write a decent letter knowing that someone else is going to read it.
At that point I was interrupted but I won’t hold this letter up. I’ll push it straight into the post so that you will be fairly sure to get a letter for the weekend. I’ll try to write more fully tomorrow.
Bye for now, love, and take care of yourself and don’t worry about me. I’m OK. All my love to you.
Ever,
Arthur X
P.S. Enclosed is Jane’s letter. Don’t think there is anything in Jane’s letter to comment on, but it looks as if Jack’s had a bad time.
Jun 081944