Letters from Hector Aldridge Robinson to Mabel Broom, 1918-1919, Part 2

[*Excuse the pencil
dear, pen is available
but oh so scratchy!*]
N^o 1 Mess
NO.3 COMMAND DEPÔT.
HURDCOTT.
1.7.18
Dear Mab
I am not quite sure
whether I wrote you since my last
board & I'll have to risk boring
you by repetition- I've had quite
a number of eye specialist's examinations,
& was boarded twice - once before
being sent over to England - Since leaving
France I've been boarded again &
have at last arrived at some finality -
I am now on "Home Service" having
been classified "P.U G.S." (Permanently
unfit for general service)- This all
sounds very alarming, & suggests all
sorts of weird things, but ^really I'm in splendid
condition, but for my eyes, one of which
(the right) has a sort of cataract which

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NO.3 COMMAND DEPÔT.
HURDCOTT.
obscures things a lot. The left is
serviceable however, the mere fact that
I can write proves this. So you need
not worry.
Home Service is very monotonous -
All the hardships of the front is however
cut out & I do not expect to sleep
in the wet & mud any more.
You will feel a trifle disappointed
I know as you always hoped that I
would be in at the finish.
Hurdcott is very pretty but I fancy
that I've dealt with our pretty surroundings
in previous letters.
From the tone of your letter - with
regard to the duration of the war - you
must be feeling very tired of waiting -
Never mind dear - We must just keep
 

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NO.3 COMMAND DEPÔT.
HURDCOTT.
on waiting.
As so many of our boys have become
matrimonially entangled over this side of the
world, most of the girls in Australia are
beginning to doubt us all. I do not
think that you are likely to lose faith, but
just in case, let me once more assure you
dear, that from the day on which I last
saw you, until the present time I've been
perfectly loyal to you. For the future you
need have no misgiving. If this were not
quite honest I would observe silence.
If you had even the teeniest bit of
doubt it should be dispelled now. Was
this assurance necessary dear?
You'll be somewhat surprised at
this seeming outburst, as my letters usually
leave so much to the understanding which
 

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HURDCOTT.
I know you possess. It is just your
anxiety dear, so nicely expressed, which
prompts me to be just a little bit
outspoken. It isn't anything new but
just that I'm telling you of it.
I could go on for ever so long in
this strain because my feeling is just one
of intense longing for you. Is your
doubt (if you had one) dispelled dear.
Remember the war must end some day
& fate simply must be kind to us.
Does it matter whether it's next month
or next year?

Heaps & Heaps of Love
Yours ever
Hector
Kindest regards
to all please.
Millions of kisses
 

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