1 D1633/1/1/363 28 July My Pr I wish I could get your letters of
Monday which ought to be turning up
now in order to know whether you ap-
prove or not. I still have qualms &
a distinct feeling of deleted textlack
of frankners to old Rex I sent him on a good budget today
& hope I shall hear how he is getting
on. I hope he appreciates your hampers,
which are I hope getting to him now. If
mater is at Crouboro still she might like
you to order from the stores unless 24 HPG
cook can send a cake but Jessie will
probably arrange this for her if she is
not away There is a big battle going on but
where I am one is quite out of things till 2 one motors up. To those who can return
to a bed & a square meal well cooked
War is very different to what it is to
those that are in it all the time. I meant to ride today but M Gill
& Douglas had both disappeared. I must
have a system in future so that I can
get hold of my horses when I want to.
It is not very good for them loafing here The Corps Commander gets up at
6 15 regularly & has breakfast at 6.30
being in the office well before 7. I don't
get up as early as he but manage to
get to the office at the same time. Your first letter has come & as usual
I find our feelings are deleted text much alike
almost exactly so, thanks be. I should
jolly well think your committees would 3 2 D1633|1|1363 not let you go. I do hope you don't
regret your country villa now, but in
view of your work I really think it
wise. Of course when I gave you my
advice I knew what was likely to take
place & how busy you would be in July.
Perhaps by the middle of August you
may be able to slack off work & I
suppose Maggie & Co will want a holiday
too. In that case cannot you get a
fortnight at the seaside — probably September
will be better or at Rex's taking one of
your family with you.
You must not want on my coming
home for a very long time now. In the
first place if I remain in the Corps I do
not see leave for a long time after it opens,
& if as is more probable I go to another 4 division on trial it would not do for
one to ask for leave for another at least 2
months after arrival. You will understand.
I have got one of your Army letters, & expect
the other today. There is a bit of delay
tho' we are only 6 miles E of their HQ.
The first of your 15 Corps letters has arrived.
Yes HQ 15 Corps is right address.
I hope you will like Mr. Heney as
all I hear of him is fine. I think he
must be the Brigadier — who came from
the Innis Fus— quoted in the papers as
being so brave & setting such a magni-
ficent example to the men. I wish
his successor or rather the officer who
took TH's place was anything like him
That Bde & Richardson are rather unhappy.
May you have a really delightful week and
Please give me Sir Ralph's address so that 5 3 D/1633/1/1/364 I rather wonder whether G N will
absolutely ignore my name in his report or
whether he will give me a mere mention
I fancy the former in which case it is
just as well I have left or comments
might have been made not all of them
to my disadvantage though. I wrote
him a letter of farewell but could
not want it very warmly & did
not attempt to do so. I don't think I agree about the
weekly parcel to Rex. At any rate at
first I should like to spoil him
& he will write if he does not want
as much. I did the OPR & Income Tax
papers. Cox assesses us at £2500, but
this is an over estimate as it includes 6 the average of past year's dividends &
this years government pay. Yes we questionable reading to the permanent rank
but there will be so much of that, that
it does not matter. It is quite easy to
say he was . . . . No, leave is not open & not likely
to be for some time. This big envelope ought to last
you most of your train journey
& save you a whole magazine Rex may like books, & a very
brief line from you saying you would like to
act as his agent in anything which Jessie has not been appointed would I know cheer him as
much as anything could. Do not let it be supposed that I am
pessimistic about things. I think we
can more than hold our own — a little
more, but cannot win a victory by military
questionable reading only. Your questionable reading W Spender