Dart’s letter is short, but oh, so sweet. I’ll quote most of it verbatim, if you’ll indulge me.
“I got a pair of swell letters from you today. They remind me of the things I’ve been remembering for two weeks. How silly I felt about the car. How sweet you look all the time. Your expressions when you were helping Mom. Your eyes when I could look at them without getting the same feeling you mentioned. Your laugh and your smile. Oh, how you sparkle! Every memory I have of you is delightfully precious. The way you wear your clothes is one of my fondest memories – you’re so trim and neat, yet not so frilly and over-done as all the other girls I’ve known. Your hair is beautiful. I love the nose you hate. I like to see you wear your ankle-sox along with stockings: that always looks nice, but it’s even nicer on you. I like your knees, whether they’re clean or dirty. It seems perfectly natural for my arms to be around you, for us to be kissing. I’ve said that before but I think it can be said for all time.”
Doesn’t every girl want a letter like that? Doesn’t everyone want to feel that way about someone?
He wraps up his memories by saying how much he wants to return to their conversation that began in the park Wednesday. After the war, or before, if the war goes on too long, he wants to put a ring on her hand and follow it with another shortly thereafter.
He signs it, “Goodnight, my darling Butch.” Dot had signed a previous letter with that name. What’s up with that? Also, taking a cue from Dot, he writes a goofy P.S. to the doll Tonsilectomy.
One other note: he refers to himself in the opening line as her B.B.F. I assume that means Best Boy Friend? And to think the kids of today think they invented the whole BFF thing. Nuthin’ new under the sun.
Dot wins the brevity prize today. She’s writing from her apartment at the Miller’s again because they asked her to stay over for a couple of nights. She needs to hit the hay because the baby’s first feeding comes at 6:00 AM.
Franklin Simons has moved her to the third floor again. She knows she’ll never get in a rut as long as she’s working there because they switch her around so much.
That’s all she wrote.
