Have just had
five days glorious holiday
at
an hotel on the corner where
the Canal meets the sea.
A lovely situation, the hotel
with a huge balcony quite
open where one has all
meals, at night each table
has its own little electric
lamp prettily shaded & that
is the only lighting except
by the moon or stars. It is
rather like the Sporting Club
Did a lot of bathing
& sailing
and
a lot of sleeping, and a lot
of feeding, and am now full
of buck & beans.
Took the sister who
looked after me when I was
at the hospital, to dinner one
night. A very nice Scotch
girl, with 3 or 4 medals,
Royal Red Cross Order (1
st
class),
last Balkan War etc. She
was at
th
Aug
1914
ever since. Came to
weeks leave all that time.
A tall thin delicate looking girl,
I am going to
3 weeks in a few days. I
have been selected to take a
course of tactics (cavalry) applicable
to
to foreshadow a move.
Fitzgerald
has just arrived from
as instructor, and "that good
for nothing
first few to be selected to take
the course. Another small feather
my dear.
Found a couple of letters
2
nd
& 9
th
August awaiting my
return from
I think you are a little
inclined to underestimate your
The Colonel has gone to
that or the hospital for him. I
am at present commanding the
Regiment, while
a holiday. The Colonel told him
before he left that when he came
back he was going to send me to
I don't quite know what
to do about you at present -
with this new cavalry idea in
the air it seems to me that we
may be away from
long, and I don't want you
to come here and find the bird
flown to
I am afraid we shall just
have to wait a little while & see
which way the cat jumps. If
we go to
do what is best for both of you.
Had a letter from
rs
Have got a lot of photographs
of the operations here, am getting
them put in a book which I
hope you will get for Xmas.
Some are very interesting, and I
can explain a lot to you later.
If I get a chance I will
try and get a decent photo
taken this time when I am
in
I have changed Ginger's name
to Jenny, more ladylike. She is
not very well, too dainty with
One of these days I am
going to get a photo of what
is left of the Main Body of the
8
th
. There are only twenty all
told, and if you like you can
send it to the 'Press'. I will
his wound which was not at
all serious. He is very well.
Wish I had known about
the tigers, could have got you
one or both at that price quite
easily. Poor old
too hard on him, I expect he
thought it was the best thing to
do. Wish you could see some
of the carpets out here, you would
be crazy about them.
So long dear, all my love
to you both. Don't get too much
obsessed with figures and charts
and things, they cannot possibly
have any significance.