Dart is heartsick that he missed Dot’s call by 15 minutes. He needed to hear her voice tonight.

How he wishes they had thrown practical considerations to the wind last September, and married then. He is bereft without her by his side, and it’s still 17 weeks until the wedding!

I think we see a theme emerging in these letters – a theme which may continue until he leaves for Greenwich in June. His words are so incredibly passionate that they cannot be shared here.

The final paragraph was quite an eye-opener for me: “I just read that birth-control is illegal in Connecticut. That means I’ll have to ‘arm’ myself before I leave here. What do you know about that – the law, I mean. Also the birth control.”