Dot’s letter tonight is uncharacteristically sentimental. Blame it on “The Enchanted Cottage,” a romantic movie she saw with Betty and Nancy tonight. Dorothy McGuire and Robert Young did a masterful job of making the love story seem real. Dot loved it, and wished every moment she was watching it with Dart by her side.

“Oh my darling, I love you so much! I spend half my life wishing we had said more when we were together and the other half thinking of what I will say when we’re together again.”

She dreamed of Dart for the second time this week. In this dream episode, they had that long talk each of them has wanted so badly. The topic was…Dot joining the WAVEs! This poor girl can’t get a break even in her dreams! Anyway, Dart’s arguments were very clear and strong, and in the end, Dot was “eating out of his hand.” They kissed and made up, just as they had agreed to do in their letters. “And that kiss!! It was like the one we had on the stairway that night before you left, only much more so! Oh, after that I never wanted to wake up. But I did, and as usual my pillow was taking a beating.”

Then she quips, “Well – will you read what Dottie’s been writing! Mush, mush, and more mush. And I, such a supposedly shy girl! The way I feel tonight, though, it would be perfectly natural for me to tell you all the things I’ve kept cooped up inside me since September 25, 1943. Brother! I better quit before I say something I shouldn’t!”

She sure hopes he has a chance to see “The Enchanted Cottage.”