Dot fills Dart in on the happenings of the day in her world. She is happy to have finally received her class ring, except that it’s large enough to fit Dart’s thumb. For a few moments, the school nurse was sure Dot had the mumps, and seemed disappointed to learn that she didn’t. She received a package from her mother today – a quilted sachet pillow, hand-made, to make things look brighter and smell better. It seems that Ruth Chamberlain is trying to keep up her daughter’s morale while Dart is unable to write as frequently. Dot is proud to announce that after much practice, hard work and concentration, she now types at three words per minute!

In the retail store on campus, everyone is decorating for Valentine’s Day. Dot is being driven slightly nuts by all this talk of Cupid and “darts.” She keeps thinking people are talking to her about her sailor, but is constantly let down to realize it is only arrows they refer to.

She asks whether Dart has noticed any improvement in the Navy recently, since she started buying war stamps. She even bought a whole bond for her parents, which she assumes will make a big difference in the way things are going!

She suggests he “tune in tomorrow – same time, same place,” and he’ll probably find her in the same position, writing to him.