Dart begins his letter while on his new assignment in the battalion office. Because he hasn’t had any letters in a few days, there’s nothing to answer, so he puts this page away until he sees what mail call brings him.
Jackpot! He got a great haul, with two letters from Dot, a package from home, and some Fanny Farmer chocolates from his uncle. The package from home had candy, a mechanical pencil and leads, and two packages of Schick-injector razor blades. He claims that’s “enough blades to last him forever and then some.”
His writing paper is a bit crumpled because he had it in his pocket while he and some other guys unloaded a truck load of butter into cold storage. Says they had a lot of fun doing it.
The letters from home brought the added treasure of four snapshots of Dot. He loves them, especially the “glamour” pose and the one where she’s looking particularly demure. “Gawshamighty, Dot. When will we be able to get together again?” He adds that he hopes the next time they can be together longer – forever, for example. “The very thought of being with you, loving you, having a home with you thrills me to the very depth of my body and soul.”
This is a sweet and affectionate letter that Dot is writing from bed at the unheard of time of 9:00 PM. She feels a cold coming on and hopes to get enough rest to nip it in the bud.
She can’t help thinking that almost exactly four weeks ago, her heart skipped a beat as she saw him dashing up the terminal steps. Never before has four weeks seemed like an eternity.
She asks Dart to enumerate some of the new things he learned about her during their brief time together. She also asks to whom she should give the credit for his pleasing personality, beautiful teeth, heavenly eyes, wonderful disposition and everything else that makes him so perfect.
While she has no letter from her parents that she can quote from to tell him how much they like him, she can attest to the fact that they love him almost as much as she does.
In the margin, she writes that she’ll not start another page because it doesn’t take much room to say “I love you.” She warns him, however, that it will take a lifetime to show him how much.
