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2632 Woodley Road Sunday 10:45 p.m. My darling, It's been such a lovely day here. I've missed you awfully much despite the fact that I've been occupied, mostly pleasantly, all day long. I too want you more than ever before and with a difference somehow, darling. We must be patient awhile yet, but just being together will help. A few chance and not pointed remarks by Lucille, who must miss her “Willie” - Bill to me - very much, but who would not think of being other than hard-boiled about it - make me realize what children you and I both are, in a way. (Perhaps we have a right to be, for awhile) That's by no means to honor sacrifice for its own sake or disparage having the very seeds of living in one's grasp whenever possible, but only to cultivate an awareness of what other people are having to do and what we must be prepared at any time, with equal acceptance of necessity. After a leisurely breakfast at a nearby [Toddle?] House this morning and reading the Times on Aunt Kate's front porch in Hugh and Toni's company I settled down to packing both suitcases and taxiing them to my erstwhile [?] at 1710 F Street to [f?] the trunk up. I'm glad that's done, and [a?] much more at the station for Express pickup and also delivery in New York. Monday 7:30 a.m. [Munitions?] Bldg. Cafeteria Yesterday afternoon after getting things settled at the station I came home to spend an hour writing you before going out to Lucille's and was accosted by my quasi-Ancient Mariner, my next-room neighbor, Mr. [B?], who asked me if I wanted to see something interesting and proceeded to show me his infinitely detailed pages of accounting of estimated railroad shipping costs for each of 156 items for each year and for each of three sections of the country - also [?] down to individual railroads. The tables he has prepared represent some few years of work on and off, [pg 2] and free time for the past few months at [few?] hours a day. I must admit that, for what's to the layman a very dull subject, he did succeed in making it interesting. His feat is one that has never been achieved before and now all that remains is to get the Interstate Commerce Commission and the railroad to accept it. He estimates cheerfully that, vested interests being what they are, such acceptance will take two or three years to achieve. To work now, sweetie I love you Warren
