France – 24/6/18
Dear Mother and Father,
Received letters from you
today. Am glad to hear that you are at the cottage and everything
O.K. Am so delighted to hear Mater say that the X. Ray affair has
now disappeared. That is indeed encouraging.
I like to hear you talk of
the cottage etc. It sounds so much like home and I like to hear about
home.
Received a letter from Leslie
yesterday. He says he I now going about on a wheel chair and ought
soon to be on crutches. That is good indeed. I will be very
glad indeed if he gets home. I have set my heart upon it and am very
anxious that he get home this year. It surely would be “Tres bon”
for you people.
Received a parcel from Molly
Tourney the other day. Very nice of her indeed. She is a very
decent girl – By that I mean of course – she is a good friend. Also
received long letter from Verva Jackson who is now home. She is very
very fond of you people. I think you are lucky to have so many really
nice girls who like to go and see you. She is surely a brick and
one of the very best I know. Mother ought to get her to take her
for the odd drive in the car in day time. You know she can run cars
very well indeed. I told her that she was to take my place down at
the cottage not in a sense of duty but just to enjoy herself. Swim
and anything. Am very glad she got through O.K.
Well the great war keeps
on going. Am still in command of a battery. Have been for three
months now. I don’t know whether I’ll get it or not though.
The Colonel dropped in the other day and gave me the odd hint that he was
having trouble over me owing to the fact that other senior officers have
returned to duty. He said he would do all he could to let me keep
my job and get promotion but not to be disappointed if I didn’t.
He said that he was quite satisfied with my work. I know my position
alright. I have only been in France eight months and its absolutely
an unprecedented thing for me to get the job. However he said quite
voluntarily that he was doing what he could and in any case my name would
be kept in view for the first good thing that was coming. I hope
not only for my own sake but for yours that I get it. I would be
very sorry to leave now. I have a dandy battery. The three
officers under me though all senior to me want me to stay and are really
mighty good fellows over it. Well we will see anyway. I have
done my best and they are satisfied and I feel that it won’t be the O.C.’s
falt if I don’t get it.
Well, I’m going to say goodbye
for just now – Be good people - Hope you are happy at the Beach.
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