1 for two people to live together day
in day out without little
quarrels (I suppose even you and I
will quarrel sometimes — I know I
have a rather sullen temper) but
I think you are both too sweet—
tempered to be out for very long. With
God’s blessing we will all live happy
and contented together and when
I get out of temper, I hope I will always
think of the sweet trustfulness and
confidence so freely shown to me by the
dear girl who gave herself to me in
the first flower of her youth and
beauty. Now that may sound a
bit high flowing but it is all, my
darling, true and sincere and
heartfelt. Glad to hear that
Christy is doing so well.
Give my regards to your
mother, Nano and all.
I send you a thousand kisses
and warmest and most
heartfelt love.
Yours for ever & ever
James NATIONAL HEALTH COMMISSION (IRELAND), PEMBROKE HOUSE, UPPER MOUNT STREET, DUBLIN. 11th March,1916. My ever dearest darling, I was more disgusted and disappointed this
morning than I can explain when I saw from your letter that
you had not received the watch. Hopkins people made it up in a
box in my presence on Thursday and sealed it for dispatch at once
to the post. They wouldn’t let me take it myself as they assured me
that it would go off without delay. This was at 3 o’clock and I
can’t understand why you should not have got it yesterday morning without
fail especially as it was registered. I trust however it has turned up
this morning. I was so anxious yesterday that there should be no hitch
that when I got your letter saying you had been invited to Mary Kelly’s
I called up O’Leary, the manager, on the telephone and questioned him
closely as to whether the watch had certainly gone off all right on
Thursday. I am very much annoyed over it, especially as I wanted to
give you the pleasure of the surprise in getting it a day sooner than you
had expected. I hope I may have a note from you in the morning to say
that it arrived all right. You say that you are anxious to have the 2 watch for a reason that I can guess. Well you can understand how anxious
I am that you should have it for the very same reason, that I love
my dearest girl above and far beyond anything else in this world. I’m not
ashamed to say that to you although you seem to be shy of saying the same.
Still I hope that it is true although you don’t say it. Thanks, love for the
kisses. You wouldn’t ask “who is good in the holy season to send them”. I know
very well that my dear sweet girl is always good so that I hope you won’t
expect me to take too seriously the references to loaded consciences and
sin and all the rest of it. I imagine the priest must have a job to
keep from laughing sometimes when he hears your “sins”. I was very much amused to hear about the rush of marriages
in Mitchelstown. I don’t imagine our case would have been so bad if
we had suddenly taken the sweet madness of getting married last week.
Anyhow the hurry and little difficulties of that sort add to the pleasant
romance and the dear happiness of carrying off your own little wife
almost by main force and marrying her out of hand. The more I think
of it, the more I’m sorry I didn’t do it so there’s no use your trying
to frighten me by horrible examples from Mitchelstown. I taxed my mother
with what you told me about Father Moran and she only laughed so I
don’t think she is inclined to be too downhearted over our marriage. I feel
quite sure that you and she will get on famously and will grow to like
each other more the more you see of each other. Of course it’s not always easy