1 Monday
29th Nov 1915 No. 16 General
Hospital
A.P.O.S. 13 Dearest Ruth, This is a hopeless
Day & we are sitting by the boiler
in the Hut Kitchen trying to keep
warm. Leslie Hurbough has got a bad
cold and has shut himself up
in the Lab to nurse it. His
note to me this morning on the
subject will amuse you - he is
the most pedantic young man!
I have played a bit of golf with
him lately. I shall have a lot to
tell you when I get back. Miss
Bell has not yet said when she
means to return but whether she 2
comes back or not I or she intend
to stay later than the begining of
next week. Olive says Miss
Roberts will have me any time.
I am glad she thinks she'll get
home for Christmas. I wish Celia
could do the same. I had a
letter from Emma yesterday dated
Nov. 11th. She sounded very cheery &
content & was seeing a good deal
of Molly Carson. Her account of
poor Butamal was pathetic. I wish
the poor boy could get home for
a bit. I feel I must see
Hilda before I get home but
I don't care for going to Cien-
cester now - it is all so very
sad. Mr Swanwick so desolate. I am dying to hear how you
are getting on in your new abode
& do hope you will be happy
but I do wish there was another
life for your, but I'm so glad 3
you are at home and not far
away in a strange place. We have had plenty of men in
the Hut lately owing to the awful
cold weather. We have had
another week of theatricals
which were very successful. The
local talent is quite wonderful-
most successful Pierrotes & "Box
& Cox" quite professional. Capi
Shutte as Ms Bouncer was
really funny! It is hard to
realise one is only about 40-50
miles from the firing line. I heard
the guns clearly on the golf 4
course the other day just as the
sun went down - it made me
think of all those who would
never see it again. There we
were playing golf as if nothing
was wrong. I hope A.J.
got home all right. I would
love to see him again. Major Smith spent a week-end
here, he is not very far off
it seems The hospitals here
are very empty & mostly sick
cases. Probably there will be
little fighting again till Spring. Mr Horsburgh was lecturing in 5
Dorking the other day, where Ms
LeConas, D. Smith's sister lives,
& was asking her about Leslie's
friend at Treport. I saw her
here when we first came out.
He knows the Caldwells in the
Isle of Wight. She, I think, is
Ms Platt-Higgins niece. I think I have grown very fat
out here so you may expect to
see me increased in size! I
hear Matrone is determined to
Or something of this vain. It
is nice work but I have had
enough of it and will not be
sorry to leave. Miss Shercock
wrote me a nice letter saying
Helen was appointed in my
place. I hope she'll be happy
poor dear, but it is Quasprells
coping & building but a good
job in it's way of course
& now money means so much. 6
I feel ashamed of the little
French I have learnt here but
being at the Camp all day one
really hears very little of it.
Honor MacCormac is away at
present at a Rest Home as
she got a bad foot. She has
given me such a pretty Brittany
bowe but I don't know how
I am going to pack it safely. No more now, it is possible
I may leave here at the end
of this week but possibly
may stay till next Monday or
Tuesday. With Love. Dorothy