No. 25

Maycot
20.2.40.

Dearest,

I am impatiently awaiting further news of your leave and have the excited feeling that any day may bring it. Jill is being rather “bambie” – every time she has any sweets, she puts one or two in an old tin for you. There’s quite an assortment! She never forgets.

Wyn took us to Donington Manor (near Halsted) to tea yesterday. It’s rather reminiscent of Pitts, and Jill loved it, especially a small cat we found there. She was very chatty with everyone and kept us in fits of laughter.

Re. your leave, I’ve got a pair of your pyjamas washed and aired and also your slippers handy (a rather “footie”).

It’s been rather warmer today and a heavy fall of rain has cleared the snow away. But the weather is very pip-making and must be extremely depressing for the many folk who are down with ‘flu’. Incidentally Alan Simes…

…has been home for the past fortnight suffering from it and Ellis wrote and told me he had been down with it. He is going to try to join the R.A.F. V.R. this week. He says most of the men from my Dept. have now joined up. He has apparently been rather worried as his father suffers from diabetes and he (Ellis) was called back from Aldershot the other day – however, matters calmed down, but it seems that the father may go into a coma at any time and it would fall to Ellis to clear up all his affairs.

In my last letter I told you of the reduction in rent. Stafford Clark has definitely taken Gorse Cottage for Aunt Bett.

During the awful weather we have had, people seem to have kept indoors and I’ve seen very few of the neighbours. Not being able to get out much it seems such a long winter!

Well, dearest there’s not much to say just now and I’ll look forward to your next letter. Meanwhile, all my love and kisses,

yours Terry.