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232 (seems to me I just mailed a 232 this morning, but my envelopes read this way Navy #3247 (Mil. Govt) FPO San Francisco Thurs 11:10 am (24 May) Darling, I've just now received a package (I'll open it when Arthur's not here) and your letter #230 of April 15, enclosing Wendy's end-of-a-day washcloth and that long list of prints I asked you for. I thought you’d forgotten the latter and managed without it; you must have wondered why I never commented on the washcloth. It's really received some plain and fancy spotting, no? I'll be ready Friday 8:15 pm (having left English class early) Haven't the faintest idea of what I was about to say when Arthur went out to lunch and took me with him - Last night I went to see “The Man who Came to Dinner”; it was swell. I was so sleepy that I don't think anything else could have kept me awake, but I didn't miss any of the play's witty lines I recommend that you buy it for us, to bed read with gusto when one or the other is feeling bitchy and would like to let off steam with eloquence. At any [pg 2] rate, you must get it and read it for yourself if you already haven't. Darling, it was so good to sleep in our pajamas again last night that at six this morning when the alarm went off, I informed Arthur without really waking up (And without having planned to do so the night before) that I was going to sleep till eight. And so I did; missed breakfast for the first time since I've been here. Today I received another package from you, the one containing cookies (they taste awfully good), flower seeds and marbles. The marbles I put in my pocket and when I passed by the new auditorium which the teachers are building and found a lot of small children playing in it, I had another scramble. They loved it. It won't be long before we’re able to plant the flower seeds. Our building program is almost complete, and the walks [pg 3] are being rebuilt more widely and with better coral - lots of time white coral sand on top. Here are the grounds now - [Drawing] All frame buildings are now painted. There will be shrubbery around the buildings, eventually, and little flower beds here and there in addition [pg 4] to the garden between Quonset and projected library. (We hope to get that started soon, but the floor of the auditorium is going to take more 1” lumber than we have and we don't know yet where the library's is coming. Tomorrow morning the Colonel, the Major (his exec.) and the Captain (the new C.O.) are to make an inspection of the school grounds about 8:30, and we've got to get there by 7:30 to get the whole school out (all 2675 students and teachers) to pick up every last scrap of paper. The place isn't conspicuously untidy as it is now - tends to be just the opposite - but we can't leave room for any criticism. We are liable to it simply because the school has so much in the way of buildings and equipment relative to other M-G offices here. Goodnight, my darling - back to Our Pajamas I love you Warren Have wrapped Sam DeMello's [?] case and will mail it in the morning.
