Friday

My dearest Paul,

It was so good have your sweet letters- one came yesterday afternoon, and the other two this morning- I love so to get them as they do help me so much, dear.

I’m so happy that you think you will be able to get down next weekend. I found out about the plane train schedules and if you come by plane you can

Leave Wash. 10:15 a.m. arrive W.D 12:30 p.m.

² ² 7:30 p.m. ² ² 9:45 p.m.

² W-S 7:50 p.m. ² Wash. 9:35 p.m.

² ² 9:00 p.m. ² ² 10:45 p.m.

By train, the man said you could catch the Southern at Alexandria at either 2:15 p.m. getting here at 9:50 p.m., or 11:40 p.m. getting here at 8:10 a.m. There are three trains a day out of here for Washington 10:45 p.m.-5:40 a.m. and 9:55 p.m. –Would it be possible, dear, for you to leave Quantico Pat Friday after and catch the 7:30 plane and get in here at 9:45 that night? If you couldn’t do that, do you suppose to get the 11:40 train out of Washington Friday night? I surely hope it will be so you can get away Friday because I want you to get here as soon as you can. I’m so happy over your coming and I don’t want to get with anyone else either, dear, for I, too, are happiest when I’m just with you. It will be so wonderful to be with you, and I am so glad you will get to come dear.

You sound as though they’re really working you- Don’t let them, dear, work you too hard.

Frances was the only person who asked me if we fussed and the only remark she made was, “Y’all didn’t fuss, did you?” The family didn’t ask me, because I guess they figured when I said in the telegram that I’d had a good time that everything was okay with us.

I don’t understand, dear, why you don’t hear from me each day, for I’ve written you every morning- The mail from here to there must really be slow and crazy-

No, dear, Mary Ann hasn’t heard from Emory- She has a chance to be secretary to the Registrar at Salem- They called her yesterday and asked if she would be interested in changing jobs and she told them she would like to talk to them, so she is going down to see them during her lunch hour today. I really think she would enjoy being there and it would certainly be nice for her to have two weeks at Christmas, Thanksgiving, spring holidays and all summer off. She seems very satisfied at Reynolds, though; so don’t know what she will decide to do.

How I wish it were this time last Friday for I was so happy then. I had just talked to you, and I was so excited over having heard your sweet voice and I was so thrilled and happy that I was going to get to see you last weekend. I, too, will be happy when we see one, because you’re my life, and you know that- and I’m so lonely without you, dear, I miss you more than I can say and you know that you’re my every thought and I love you, dear, with all my heart.

Lucille