“I’ve just finished an eight-page book report for English tomorrow, and must now begin studying for a test in the same subject. There’s a pot of coffee on down on the stove to which I intend to make lots of trips. If necessary, I may stay up until morning.”

He’s not sure how Dot’s mother had the time, but she wrote his parents a very nice letter. She urged them to take a nice, long visit in Greenwich, which they will be unable to do. As it is, they must both take unpaid time off work to come to the wedding, so their stay must be a short one.

Speaking of vacations, his boss at the PD gave him a week’s vacation and three weeks leave of absence for June. Actually, Dart will be gone more like five weeks, but he expects it will all work out.

He hopes to someday have the time to explain more about that marriage prediction experiment he told her about. But now, he must go downstairs for another cup of joe and then get back to the books.

Begging her not to get discouraged by his short letters, he wishes her a good night.