Dart calls this letter “short and not so sweet.” He feels miserable with his cold, After spending the day in bed, he went to the Skyline meeting, but wasn’t able to stay the whole time. He thinks he’s been worrying too much and it’s wearing him down.

He bought a sweater coat today in blue and gray.

The house plans he sent her have got him thinking about the kind of home he wants. Maybe Dot even asked him a question that contributed to his thinking.  “I’ve always liked homey-looking homes, Dot. Although I don’t contribute much to neatness, I like a certain amount of it. I also like informality in a home, so I think we can get together. Places that are just too, too clean get on my nerves.”

He has to wonder about people who feel the need to “ride” people the way Gordon’s been riding her. He feels a psychiatrist might suggest they have deep feelings of insecurity.

Since he can’t even write a straight line, he must go to bed, sending her all his love, of course.