I do think about you a lot and hope that you are keeping safe. I know one shouldn’t mention anything about the war for fear of our correspondence being read by the enemy, but I do wish I knew where you were. I would plot your position on a map and try and find out a little about the area, so that I could better picture you in your surroundings. I am so sorry that I had to rush off the other evening, and my friend Matthews wants to apologise to you as well. The good news is that my brother does not seem too badly injured. He had a foot injury which has now been set by one of the surgeons here at Netley and I have been able to see him once or twice since then. I was very happy to hear that you and Miss Cardew are only friends and I trust you forgive me asking about such a thing. Rumours abound below stairs in a big house and I’m afraid ‘the family’ upstairs is usually the best topic of gossip! The boys in my ward are the same, always on the lookout for rumours and scandal. I expect it will be strange for you to go home to Somerset rather than Airey House.
