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312 Tuesday 28 August 9 pm after English class (We have read nearly all the way through - more than a hundred pages of - a primer all about Willard and Mary Alice and Miss Green and Mother and Father, Baby and Spot the dog and Snowball the cat, toy balloons and circus clowns, little red automobiles…5 or 6 pages a night: I read, loud and distinctly, a page or two at a time; then I read again, a sentence at a time, as my class (about 35 male Koreans) read in unison after me; then we go over it in detail for meaning. Have also been giving them Basic English vocabulary each time, and tonight I began using my Boulder list of useful sentences and phrases.) My darling, No mail from you on this gray day, but yesterdays letters were so good that I was contented to read them again. #371 - I can hardly believe that Wendy is really saying, as you see to imply, distinctly recognizable words now. Oh, darling, it would be such a delight to see her! It was fun hearing about Bob's coming to ask if she might come out and play with him [pg 2]. Yes, it must have given you a small shock. Glad you've decided to have a new permanink now. It will make you feel good, and it will be almost time for another, I guess, when I come home - that is, if permanents last 6 months. Bobby Riggs didn't seem to me to have an unattractive court personality, though he was cocky. Perhaps he's sobered down somewhat since you saw him. His shorts were not cream flannel this time - just old duck or something, as befits the climate here. I had to laugh to about the grays when I realized how much more than casual a request it should have been. Did you find the buttons (black) that go with the blouse, and the shoulder boards (or did I even get the latter for a j.g.? Perhaps not.) If you can't find a gray cap cover, will you see if you can buy one (7 1/8)? It seems to me I kept it in the same place with my ex-white scarf. I really need the second pair of pants, too, though if you just can't find them I may be able to buy a pair out here. Don't think I can get an overseas cap out here, tho, much less a cap cover, and can't wear any of the uniform [pg 3] without one or the other. And I guess (if I haven't any) you’d better buy me a pair of black and gray j.g. shoulder boards - I think they’re just $1.75. Time for bed - Tel and Johnny Reif have been in to talk about a translation job I'll tell you about later. Goodnight, darling - I love you Warren
