November 10, 1943

Dearest,
Your V-mail continues to arrive more or less regularly, and your air-mail is still coming in reverse. As I told you, #13 came Monday, then #11 (Oct 13) arrived yesterday + #10 (Oct 10), today after just one month. Also today brought V#23 (Nov 2). The rest of #20 still hasn’t shown up. I’m certainly sorry to hear you are suffering from a bug, + I hope it isn’t any worse than you say it is. You need not worry about me and the blackout. It’s quite harmless in the country + we prefer to stay out of London at night, anyway. Besides, there isn’t much of anything to do there except to go to shows- which doesn’t attract me much. Thanks for the crossword puzzles. I’ve been more or less occupied the last few days in learning my way around the kitchen + about how they do things. The QM has been giving us wonderful food there the last few days, so I’m getting quite a reputation as a mess officer without any effort at all. Also, the first morning I was on, Sgt. Hollaway tried serving hotcakes for the first time, which also went over big. Now if I can find out how to make powdered eggs edible, I’ll be a real hero (there is a way, they say). Tonight the nurses are having a party for some Air Corps Officers + everybody but Durno ? + I are there, it seems. I can hear the orchestra thumping in the club, it’s so quite here. A little while ago I heard some bad news for A.H.

Love B