Dot begins by telling Dart that she found a poem that perfectly describes how she feels about him. It’s called “Why I Love You” and was written by an unknown author.
It begins with “I love you not only for what you are, but for what I am when I am with you…I love you for not only what you have made of yourself, but for what you are making of me.” It goes on for a couple of stanzas with some nice thoughts about a love that brings out the best in the loved one. The final line is “I love you because you have done more than any creed could have done to make me good, and more than any fate could have done to make me happy.”
She continues with a weather report, describing the typical March day they are having – rain and a blustery cold wind. Unfortunately, it is May. The Chamberlain house is very cold because Arthur shut down the furnace in March when the temperatures ran high. Dot is quite chilly as she writes this. “Golly, I’d be in a _ell of a fix if I didn’t have my love to keep me warm.”
She confesses to doing something silly tonight. She was sitting on her bed when she thought she heard pebbles hitting her window. She jumped off her bed, ran to the window and actually called Dart’s name. All she got was a face full of cold rain. How disappointing! “When you do come to Greenwich, don’t throw pebbles at the window. I may think it’s only the wind and will pay no attention. Let’s see. Shouldn’t we have a signal worked out? Just to give me a little warning that you’re here. If you ring the doorbell, ring 3 short and 1 long. If you get inside the house and don’t see me sprawled on the floor, whistle 3 sort and 1 long. But if no one’s home, better use the phone in the kitchen to call the Fix-It Shop.”
She berates herself for these torturing thoughts. She knows it does no good to imagine what it’ll be like when she sees Dart next, but her mind keeps going there anyway. Gordon thinks it will be quite a while yet until the fleet comes home. Not until the war is over for Tokyo. How this girl wishes things would hurry up!
