Here’s a note from Dart – short on words but long on enthusiasm. He was allowed to walk around a bit today! With the help of a corpsman or fellow patient, he could take brief strolls around the ward, with orders not to get too tired.

He’s a little tired tonight, but mostly happy. It may be spring, but Dart’s thoughts have turned to “sick leave.” Here’s hopin’.

Dot dashes off a quick note before class, and another one during evening study hall. The second one is sassy and playful .

She and roommate Cathie have been sitting around their room talking about their “love lives.” Dot asked Cathie to put the stamp on Dart’s envelope while Dot finished the letter. It seems Cathie took some liberties with her task and has written practically an entire letter on the outside of the envelope. Now she says she’ll mail the letter and Dot can’t know what she wrote on it. I hope Dart will clue us in with his next letter.

Cathie’s not the only one writing secret letters. Dot tells Dart she wrote him a letter that afternoon, but he cannot see it for four years – if they still know each other then.