This is what I have been waiting for, your freedom left my dumb and choked up, but now, oh now, I feel released.
Oh my dear, it is so wonderful. You are coming home. I shall have to be careful, all this excitement is almost too much for my body. You must be careful too,darling, all this on top of what you have been through, it is difficult to keep it down,but, you can't help hte excited twinges in your midriff, can you, do keep well, angel, I shall have to say that to myself as well. Marriage? my sweet, yes I agree, what you wish, I wish. Whilst you are afraid, you will not be happy, we must get rid of there fears between us. Also confidentially, I too am a little scared - everthing in letters appears larger than life size, like my photograph, it didn't show the white hairs beneath the dark, the decaying teeth, the darkening skin. I think of my nasty characteristics, my ordinariness.
Yes, I too feel a little afraid. Still I can't be bothered with that now, for we are going to meet, dose anything else metter? Oh dear me,plan a week somewhere, bonk, up comes my heart, a week somewhere, by the sea, with you. Where shell we go, of course I'd choose north Devon, sea,country and air. But march raises the question fo weather, might we go to a largish town, I prefer villages normally. But with you I guess I'll do what you want, also I feel that you'll need looking after, don't think you should walk around in the rain, not for a while, anyway, guess I don't care where, as long as it's the sea, and you. Inward clanging and bouncing and I wonder how soon. You know I say to myself,'my girl, you're not so hot', but I think you may have a similar feeling.
I say, how is your digestion, mine's awful, I shall be reduced to taking Rennion or something, a wind remover. My tea at this moment is stuck somewhere in the middle of my chest. I cant't help wishing that you won't get these letters, that you'll be on your way, that the time to wait is that shot, because my impatience is getting pretty bad, being able to write like we have has been a wonderfull thing, but it has always remaind only the beginning, the contact for our future and a beginning must change to something else, and now it is changeing. What do you think of the war news? I don't like getting too optimistic, but wonldn't it be wonderful to come home to stay?