Dot’s one-page note is full of talk of her Massachusetts relatives she’s going to see tomorrow. She’ll be spending her vacation up on their farm, seeing them for the first time since she left for Andrews several years ago. This will also be her first visit since the tragic death of her Uncle Carl in a train accident on the eve of her graduation.

She’s quite eager to see Dart’s “double,” her cousin Waddy. He received a medical discharge from the Navy and was married recently.  His wife is expecting their first child.

Waddy’s younger brother David will also be there. He was 12 the last time she saw him and has now joined the Navy, due to leave any day.

She dreads the thought of living without mail for the six days that she’s gone, but El promises to forward any letters that arrive from Dart. You and I, dear Reader, know that means a delay in the delivery of a very important letter from Dart.

She’ll try to write often while she’s away.