Here’s a very quick note, dashed off while Dot is at work. She was unable to write last night because she spent every minute trying to console Eleanor.

She was surprised to learn from Dart’s letter today that she’d written two letters to Fred. She only recalls writing one, but she knows she owes him another one. It’s taking her a lot of time to work up the courage to write to him again because she’s self-conscious about her limited vocabulary and misspelled words. “Whoops! Now I’ve done it! Now you know I treat you like an old shoe. Cheer up! My old shoes get much better treatment than my new ones ‘cuz I’m more attached to them.”

She loves him “heaps,” and will write more later.