Dart’s letter today is a little odd and confusing – a natural outcome of all the secret and co-opted letters from Dot and her roommates recently. He admits that Cathie wrote something inside the envelope about Dot loving him. Since Dot had already told him that, it didn’t come as news, but he was happy to see it confirmed, in writing, by another source. Reading Dot’s declarations of love and knowing he returns the feeling is one of his greatest thrills these days.
He asked the doctor today if there was any chance he could be home by late April, and the doc confirmed there was a chance. Everything now is trial and error to see if his leg has healed from the phlebitis.
Dot spent a lazy Sunday afternoon on her bed, reading magazines and listening to the radio. That’ll be the last lazy day for a while if she plans to have her school work completed and approved in time for a May 17th departure.
She received a letter from the Marine. He wrote about his luck in having been chosen to have dinner with none other than Ronald Coleman! Dot must have been so impressed. She writes that Jim (the Marine) writes an amusing letter, but that he is the most pessimistic person she’s ever known. That wouldn’t have much appeal to a girl like Dot. See, this is one example of how much we can learn about another person through letters. I often hear folks say that they find it remarkable that nearly all of my parents’ courtship was via letters. They question how well folks can really know each other that way. I think these letters demonstrate just how clearly someone’s personality is expressed through writing.
Speaking of which, Dot was very interested in Dart’s recent “philosophy” masterpiece. She loved learning more about what made him tick, even though she claims he is a much deeper thinker than she is.
She warned Dart again that she will be cutting back on writing soon to focus on school work. She pleaded with him to keep so busy getting better that he wouldn’t notice the absence of her letters. She closed by telling how embarrassed she was that she choked on the communion grape juice in church that morning.
