I will tell you truthfully that I did a dance of joy as soon as I read your last letter! Please be sure to let me know when you will return. I will be waiting for you on the docks. I hope they give you enough notice so that I can be there. Do you think your family will be there? I so look forward to meeting them all, and to think it will be happening so soon gets me all the more excited! As to the letter you referred to in your last. It was not offensive in the least! I was touched by your admission and only wished that I had admitted my own feelings sooner. You seemed so desperate in your letter that it did worry me. I thought you might be in danger. I wrote my reply quickly, hoping it would give you some comfort. I am sorry you had to wonder for so long. I hope you know now that I am quite in love with you, desperately, deeply in love with you. Don't worry at all about you limp. I will love you with a limp, without an arm, leg or eye. You could arrive home in any state and I would still love you.
