1 27th Feb: 1916
11.15p.m. My very dearest Mother, I had been trying to write to
you every day since your Cable & your letter
dated Feb: 12th which I received on Thursday
with a very old one of Jan: with all
Hennesy row in it, I have at last received
Violet's letter with Major Whyte's letter, I had
no idea Charlie did so well & how proud
you must feel of him, I know I very proud
to be his sister, I wish we could get news
through to him & not make the time feel
so long, I hope the War will end very
soon & that he will be back with us all
well & strong. Mother I cannot tell you
how disappointed I am about Tommy I do
not ofcourse know whether he is in Solonika
or France but I know this much he has
never called at Malta, I have been living
on the thoughts of seeing the boys ever
since I came out but my luck is out.
I have been very busy this last week, as
we got a convoy from Solonika (mostly the 10th
Div:) & they were sent to my Block .H. 2 & as well as this we (the nursing Staff) are
giving a concert for the Patients on Tuesday
& all our spare time is given up to
rehearsals etc, we have just finished one.
I shall write & tell you all about it
latter. They are also starting giving us
V. A. Ds lecture the M. O. are giving us
3 a week & a Sister is giving us a practical
one every sunday, so you see things are
changing. I think it is a very good
plan & am sure they will be very
interesting. I have not seen A. Lily
for ages, she rang me up to go to
Tea to-day, but could not get off.
The Irish boys (men) are ripping but
some of them are so old, how they
ever stood it is beyond me, we
have a great number C. Rangers
7th D: F. Leinsters, Innis: Fus: R. I. Reg
etc. so A. Agnes money is turning in
useful. I enclose two phoos which I
think awfully good & I may tell you
they are in great demand, I have
to be very careful what I say in
my letters as I hear one of St Georges
girls wrote indiscreet things & the 3 governor has the letter. I hope I did not worry you with the
letter with all the Rumours but at that
time we were really suppose to be on
the move but I have heard nothing
more since, ofcourse I shall not go
on further, I will go home at the
end of my time for a rest & then
do something again. I suppose by
the time this reaches you, you will
have had a visit from Gerald, I had
a long letter from him the other day
dated 11th Feb: & he said he was on
getting leave very soon, how I should
love to be at home to hear all his
news. Well I must end this
Iam dead tired. Hoping you are all very well.
With every loving thought &
wish. Your most gratefull & loving Marie