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Describes the weather and a failed trip to get some bunnies for Clare. Discusses the progress of the war. Tells him that Nancy and Robert cannot visit. Tells him that she cannot find his field service pocket book. Discusses how she would like to raise Clare. Reflects on her father's beliefs in religion. Asks him to tell her when his gun has arrived.

Describes the weather and swimming the day before. Describes seeing her old school friend Dorothea Fox. Tells him of coming across a trench and the fun they had exploring it. Discusses the merits of being a child. Describes the look of the sea. Expresses her wish to go travelling with him and her concern for his safety. Tells him she loves him.

Wednesday 10 Jan. evening - Tells him she misses him and how her father is feeling ill. Informs him that she is on the committee for the baby welfare group. Describes her mornings activities shopping. Hopes the new baby will be a boy.

Thursday 11 Jan. morning - Tells him about spilling the ink pot in bed and dreading telling Rose about it. Updates him on her father's health. Describes the weather and tells him about an intended trip to Dorking. Discusses finances for the children's education and expresses her wish for girls to be just as educated as boys.

Sunday 10 Dec. evening - Describes in detail a visit by Johnstone, John Graves and Raymond. Expresses her wish for him to be home.

Monday 11 Dec. morning - Describes a visit to the Brocks to meet Allan's school master Mr Nastor. Expresses her opinion on the character of Mr Nastor in detail. Acknowledges his letter and asks if he is feeling better and how he feels about his comrades moving away. Tells him about the items she is sending him.

Acknowledges his last letter and discusses his embroidery and financial matters. Expresses her fear that he might not be home for Christmas. Updates him on the servant situation. Expresses her opinions about Stephen Talents book and the marriages of Stephen and Bridget, and Mary Anne and Owen. Describes the girl she has hired as a maid. Asks him about the young man he encountered.

Updates him on her health. Discusses the national service for civilian labour. Debates about getting a young girl to train. Tells him about the items she is trying to send him. Discusses Neville Chamberlin's suggestions that clergymen and doctors should fill in hours with public works and expresses her opinion. discusses the difficulties in getting coal. Tells him she is looking forward to hearing from him and discusses the activities they can do together when the war is over.

Is happy to have had a letter from him on her birthday and asks if he is happy. Tells him she will send him soup tablets and a cake as requested. Describes fishing with her father. Is happy that they are both receiving letters successfully. She intends to to take tea with the Huxley's brother who is a doctor. Informs him of Mr Kendall's headmastership. Tells him she went to visit Mrs Irvine and Mrs Radcliffe and describes the conversations she had. Asks him if he is happy to receive her letters everyday. Hopes that he will receive his watch cover in the post.

Describes the weather and the garden flowers. Tells him about the shopping items that have arrived from London. Informs him she has sent him a parcel. Asks him if he would like a book of Robert Graves' poetry. Describes how Marjorie Waterhouse has nightmares from her shifts at the hospital. Describes playing with Clare. Informs him that Mr Green has paid the rent and has apologised for spilling ink on the table. Reflects on their time together in Italy and expresses her wish to live with him.

Asks him about his ankle and what a tapping station is. Discusses the irregularity of the post and tells him about the book she is reading entitled Anne Veronica by H. G. Wells. Acknowledges his suggestion she read Renan’s Life of Jesus. Expresses her opinions on the life of Christ and discusses their opposing viewpoints. Informs him she intends to read Felix Holt and George Eliot. Is glad he has been to Amiens and may get to see Trafford.

Discusses arrangements for moving back to the Holt. Expresses her enjoyment in reading War and Peace. Informs him of the guests they have arriving. Describes a disagreement between Mrs Woolten, Violet, and Marjorie over cutting back on milk consumption. Reflects on her feeling about the end of the war and when the bells for peace will ring. Expresses her opinion about the German and Russian Revolutions. Tells him about Mary Anne and Owen's plans to move from the Holt.

Describes playing scramble. Describes the weather and tells him of her intention to go to a military service. Tells him about her expedition in a car to visit local churches and describes them in detail. Describes the scenery on their tour. Tells him how she has sourced some cardboard boxes from a local business. Informs that she may not write to him the next day. Discusses the attack on Thiepval and tells him his last letter was opened by the censor.

Thursday 11 Jan. evening - Tells him she is reading The Life of Jesus and that Mildred is not pregnant. Updates him on her Father's health. Discusses the progress of the war and updates him on her flute lessons. Asks him what he is reading and discusses in detail reading A Shepheard's life. Expresses her love for him.

Friday 12 Jan. morning - Describes the news from the papers concerning the position of Greece in the war. Updates him on her father's health.

Monday 11 Dec. evening - Hopes she will hear from him soon and describes the mother's meeting she attended. Tells him about the farmhouse children that came round for tea. Informs him that she has heard from Robert Graves and Mary Anne and that she will give Mary Anne his letter discussing religious education to read.

Tuesday 12 Dec. morning - Tells him about her dream. Updates him on the health of Constance Mussen's baby and Mildred's blisters. Discusses the Christmas visitors they have invited. Describes the contents of the parcel she has sent to him. Adds a postscript describing the outfit he was wearing in her dream.

Hopes he had a nice time at Great Whernside. Describes her morning activities: china painting, letter writing, sewing, and walking to Eashing. She has received the National Register forms. Discusses the forthcoming landing at Gallipoli and hopes it will be successful. Mildred and Major Morgan have left to by an engagement ring. She expects a visit from Marjorie Waterhouse [old school friend, they attended Prior's Field School]. Tells him how much she misses him. Encloses a letter he received from Cottie, which she had read.

Acknowledges his letter and discusses him buying a picture and asking the artist to paint Clare. Reflects on making friends unexpectedly. Expresses her wish to learn French. Describes in detail the Labour meeting about the League of Nations and gives her opinions of it. Updates him on news from Mary and Berry's progress.

Describes the weather and how she is feeling ill with the pregnancy. Expresses her opinions about Mr Kendall. Describes a visit from Mr Pilcher. Apologises for her short letters.

Updates him on Clare's progress. Discusses Russian prisoners in the course of the war. Describes a visit to Millmead cottage in Guildford where Bob and Mildred may live. Tells him about not wanting to wake Clare up. Hopes that he will not be changed by the war and hopes he is happy in France. Intends to send him a cake.

Expresses her frustration at the slow speed of the post and his constant moving location. Describes the Huxley's home after her visit. Updates him on Clare's progress. Apologises for the short letter.

Describes the living arrangements of Mary Anne and Owen. Tells him that German measles is spreading through Prior Fields and Doris is keeping her job. Describes a letter from his mother. Expresses her views on religion.

Asks if she can have a batch of envelopes censor stamped to speed up the postal service. Describes her morning walks with Clare and Violet. Expresses her concern for the war. Tells him Ursula has visited and Mary Anne has got some new work. Describes her morning activities. Asks his opinion on her working at a hospital store to help the war effort. Is amused at his story of giving away her ticket to French children as a souvenir. Expresses her wish to go on climbing holidays with him after the war.

Describes her dream. Discusses in detail her opinions on the influence grandparents have on children. Describes her intended morning activities. Informs him Ursula is not coming to stay at the weekend and that she will send him his books. Updates him on Clare’s progress. Expresses her wish to have him home on leave. Describes the weather.

Writes of her anticipation to hear the news of peace. Discusses moving back to the Holt. Asks him to try and get home as soon as he can. Informs him that the bells have been rung for peace. Describes in detail the atmosphere at Church and in the streets with people celebrating, waving flags, and singing. Expresses her hopes that Clare will remember that day. Updates him on her progress in recruiting Mrs Trew to help with the Montessori classes and recruiting members. Describes a conversation with Bridget and Mary Anne. Hopes that she has articulated how happy and thankful she is with the peace.

Describes her morning feeding the cows with Clare. Describes the children playing and tells him of Clare's love of books. Discusses the progress of the war. Reflects on whether he will get his position at Charterhouse back after the war. Updates him on the visits they have had that week.

Tuesday 12 Dec. evening - Discusses the progress of the war and expresses her wish to have a boy. Describes the weather and updates him on Clare's progress. Says goodnight and hopes to dream of him again.

Wednesday 13 Dec. morning - Expresses her happiness in hearing he may be home on leave before Christmas. Discusses their plans for his leave. Asks for his opinion on the Germany peace proposals.

Describes the weather and a visit to Eleanor Allen. Tells him his mother has asked her not to go to the East coast on holiday for safety reasons. Expresses her feelings that she is capable of the same tasks as the men and the war won't stop her from doing what she wants. Tells him his father has had an accident on his bicycle. Hopes he will soon get leave. Discusses the weight regulations for parcels to France. Tells him she has received his letters and will order his fruit saline. Is happy he is writing to other people. Asks him to send her letters back to her when he has read them so they can be preserved after the war.

Friday 12 Jan. evening - Updates him on her symptoms. Describes in detail the journey to Dorking, her visit there and the journey home.

Saturday 13 Jan. morning - Describes feeling sick that morning. Expresses her wish to visit the Holy land one day. Describes her morning activities.

Asks him if she should write to the Headmaster to speed his discharge up. Tells him where and when she is staying in London and who she has arranged to meet. Updates him on Mary Anne's moving arrangements. Describes how the electric engine is not working and the weather. Informs him she is expecting the new cook to visit. Reflects on what their life might look like once he is home.

Describes the weather and how she is feeling. Tells him she intends to write to his mother. Expresses her opinions about Quentin Durward. Tells him about a flood at the Holt. Describes a visit to see Constance Mussen. Expresses her happiness over having a new baby and her love for him. Discusses the progress of the war.

Thanks him for his letters and for answering her questions. Is happy that he is planning a plot for a book. Discusses the recent action in the war. Tells him about the meeting of the National Mission and expresses her opinion about appropriate dress in Church. Discusses his opinions on Christianity. Describes her disagreements with Violet over the best way to feed Clare and tells him how Clare wakes up in the mornings. Describes tea with her father and Mrs Green. Revises her opinion of Mrs Green. Informs him she wishes to buy them a piano with the £50 from the sale of the trees from the common. Discusses the trenches in Germany.

Morning - Informs him she is about to leave for London. Hopes that his letters have not been stopped by the censor.

Afternoon - Informs him she has arrived at Bridget's house in London. Describes her journey there. Discusses whether he has received confirmation of a £250 legacy from his Aunt. Asks him which photographs he wants to keep. Discusses the progress of the war and his position within it. Intends to make a visit to Ursula and Mary Anne. Updates him on Clare.