November 12, 1943

Hello!
Today I got two air-mail letters from you, Oct 24, + Nov 21. The ancient history lessons have apparently stopped for awhile. I sent you an air-mail this morning. I should imagine “BPO” might mean “Bare PO”. Was the letter censored? The British call theirs the “General PO”. I, also, notified the Reader’s Digest of my change of address. I got the Oct. issue about two weeks ago via FSHT. That’s not slow. I had forgotten all about the Post, but Merchant + I will be very glad to see it when it comes. Fred has been having a frightful time finishing the installments of some Wild West story. The Post crate is here, if you are so lucky as to find one. Yesterday I got a haircut + took a bath. Today I scrubbed my leggings + cleaned up all my shoes, + topped it off a few minutes ago by scrubbing a pair of shoestrings- they look pretty good, too. Now I guess I’ll have to go out + celebrate for something. I had thought about going to St. Albans today, but changed my mind + decided to do my shopping in London next week. I think my Xmas presents will go in envelopes via air-mail. How does Willy get along with “Turkey-in-the-Straw”? Or does he prefer marches like his sister? Take care of yourself.

Love B