Wednesday & Thursday, 2 & 3 August, 1944

G.H.N.                                                            160

2-8-44

My Precious Darling,

Two more air-letters arrived from you this morning one being dated July 23rd and the other the 26th.  Three letters in two days!  Good going isn’t it?

I have started writing this in my lunch time and as we do not get much time for lunch I shall not be able to finish it.

Nothing much has happened since I wrote you yesterday.  Just the usual “daily rounds and common tasks”!  Mr Allen was in a good mood this morning when he did his round as two of his ill patients are making satisfactory progress and believe me – having Mr Allen in a good mood is a lot to be thankful for.

I will try not to write shop though as it cannot possibly interest you.

3-8-44  3 p/m

I intended finishing this last night but did not get off duty until the early hours of the morning.  We expected more patients to arrive at just turned 10 p/m but they did not arrive until nearly 11.30 p/m.*  Consequently it was 1.45 a/m when I finally got to my bedroom.

However, as I said earlier in my letter – no more shop!!

I was very thrilled to receive another letter from you this morning, this one being dated the 25th July.

So you wondered if I picked up any tips whilst Connie and the baby were staying with me, did you?  Darling, you seem to have forgotten that I used to have a ward of twenty-four babies when I was at Sheffield.

I also received a letter from Vera this morning.  She told me that your Grandfather passed away last week.  I am sorry Darling but really it is better that he should not have lingered as I think that he must have had a very advanced cancer.  I should imagine too that he was very lonely after your Grandmother died.

Well Darling, as I am on duty writing this and as I really ought to do a spot more work I am afraid that I shall have to say au-revoir.

I still love you Darling – more than ever with each day that passes.

Bye then, Beloved.  Your own, Grace xxxxxx

* We can see from this that Grace is still nursing soldiers from the war in France, as they are arriving all together in a 'batch', not individually as civilian patients would do.


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