Dart is jubilant! It’s a red letter, front page news, call-out-the-Marines kind of day. He got mail; two letters from the “most adorable girl God ever sent to a fellow,” and one from his parents. Ironically, neither letter from Dot was the one he yearns for. Neither was written on April 10. Neither gave him the answer to his nagging fear about the WAVEs. Still, he was overjoyed to get them.

He heartily supports any method Dot uses to get his parents to agree to a trip to Greenwich for their 25th anniversary celebration. He thinks it would be a great idea for them for many reasons.

In the final paragraph, Dart slips in a teeny zinger when he asks Dot about her upcoming vacation. “Is it a pre-induction leave, or just a plain vacation?”

I hope this poor boy gets some relief from the burning question soon.

Dot’s letter was quite brief. She went into New Your City yesterday to attend her friend Nancy’s graduation. While there, she met Nancy’s English teacher, who “if he wasn’t married and hadn’t two children, and if I didn’t love you so much, and if he were about 10 years younger, I could really go for. He spoke almost as beautifully as Ronald Coleman and was almost as good looking as you.”

Because she got back to town so late, she’s really tired this morning. She’s hoping a letter waiting for her at home on her lunch break will wake her up a little.

That’s all, but both Dot and Dart will be back tomorrow.