Dot begins by wishing the Navy a happy 170th birthday. She declares that it has done a great job showing it has what it takes. Now, all it needs to do to prove how perfect it is would be to give Dart that leave!

She returned to work but was able to last only about two hours. She’s not sure what’s wrong with her, but the doctor wants to do a thorough exam and X-ray tomorrow to get to the bottom of it.

From Dart’s initial description, Dot has concluded that Point Montara doesn’t sound like the kind of place she’d want to be stuck in for life, but it seems ideal for antiaircraft practice. That sounds like “damnation by faint praise.”

She and El just finished doing the supper dishes. (Does anyone use the word “supper” anymore?) To pass the time, they sang duets until her dad joined them and created a trio. She says her father has a swell voice, but rarely sings. “We had loads of fun, and if I do say so, it didn’t sound half bad.”

She tells Dart she doesn’t care how many sailors get thrown into the brig, as long as he isn’t one of them. She doubts that would ever happen. “You always seem to know the right thing to do at the right time. That’s something which, if I’m with you long enough, I would like to acquire.”

Has she told Dart that her sister-in-law, Betty B has moved into the Chamberlain house? Actually, she’s been there for weeks, but Dot neglected to say anything to him. She’s lived with her mother her entire life, and now that she’s a married woman, she thought it best if she learned to live elsewhere.

This evening, El and Betty were in the living room talking about their men. Dot got so tired of them ignoring her in the conversation that she sprang up and began to pace the room, loudly proclaiming Dart’s many virtues. When she had finished her rant, Betty said to El, “Well, I guess our kid sister is really in love!” So, Dot is happy to say that if she accomplished nothing else today, she managed to convince them how she feels about Dart.

She closes so that she can get some sleep and be in good shape for her physical tomorrow. She apologizes for the sloppiness of her letter, but she had to make lots of corrections for the “Professor.”