Dart’s letter today is brief and sweet. He has appropriated a blank sheet of patient charts to use as stationery – his “payment for helping the nurses so much” around the ward today. When their ward received a glowing report during the inspection today, the galley was singled out for special notice. Dart is proud because he cleaned the whole galley by himself.
He suggests that they not dream too much about seeing each other soon. Then if it happens, they can be happily surprised. Considering where all that dreaming got him last time, it’s probably not a bad plan.
He has to keep tonight’s letter short so he has time to write to his folks. He’s been neglecting them because he always wants to write to Dot first, and often runs out of time for more letters.
The Special Devices branch of the Navy has sites in Chicago, Washington, DC and Boston. He’s still fervently hoping to weasel an assignment to that group. I know Dot would be thrilled if he were to be stationed in Boston, just a short train ride from her home in Greenwich. (Plus, it would keep him out of combat.)
He was especially pleased with the last page of Dot’s recent letter, which he claims outshines anything he could write. Still, how could you beat his closing line, “Like the navigator who sets his sextant to the North star, I look to you for my inspiration for everything I do.”
“It’s not lack of enthusiasm or interest that has prevented me from writing a good substantial letter to you,” begins Dot. She has those qualifications, but when she’s not working at the store, her mother has kept her very busy in preparation for the big party last night.
She reports that about 20 people- mostly relatives -came for dinner. Dot was seated at the table next to Don. When guests opened their little announcement cards at their places and read “Badamo – Chamberlain,” they linked Don and Dot as the happy couple. El made a quick correction, but Dot says it was fun to be engaged for three minutes.
She proclaims that in spite of her negligence in telling him every day, she loves him dearly.
