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X Monday Oct. 2 10:30 am Oh darling, darling, how wonderful to get your two letters (4 and 5) just now! There I am sitting in an office waiting around for a few minutes, but they brought tears of happiness to my eyes. I was so concerned for you - not that I didn't feel better after seeing you Sunday, but you must know how it is not hear til a week later. (My letters should be reaching you a lot faster, and probably yours will begin getting to me in less time soon.) I was so very, very pleased to hear about your visit to Mrs. May and that you met Margarita and others - that you are in the house, that the flowers were there waiting for you, that so many things are working out better, that “this experience has made me love you even more” Those words are right out of my own mouth, Sweetie. You are sure to have little letdowns from time to time - don't be afraid of them. The pictures were a wonderful surprise. In one of them (you holding Wendy by the railing on Morningside, and looking down at her) she looks like a cross between [Phil? Wrepeit?], Drug and me as babies. There are several excellent pictures of you in the lot and I hope you do have them enlarged for me. Your package and other mail will get here all right, as these did, despite the Com Navy 128 (which was a mistake and slowed #4 and 5 down a little, probably) - so don't worry about them. Keep on using the same stationery - it's a convenient size for putting your letters in my leather notebook where they won't get lost. 11 pm I've spent the evening sorting out my things and unscrambling little notes of a million things to do that I've been jotting down for the past week. Am mailing you a calendar with four colored [views?] on it and also some scenic postcards - they’re not anything [pg 2] very special but I thought you’d like to see them. Honey I can buy a watch here and I think I will need it badly. Stupidly left my dollar watch in my valpack - it would do but I may not have it for some time. So will you do this for me? - write and tell Mother and Father there's nothing I want so much as a camera - any camera just to last thru the war, but of course one you yourself (if you get a chance occasionally to go to Del Monte - call up and see if they have any first) can get film for. That's my most important need and the sooner I can get one the better. However, if Mother and Father should have got a watch already, there's no harm done - I'll buy the cheapest they have and can surely sell it if they've sent me one. In that case would you try to get me some kind of camera? (a 620 folding Kodak, f6.3 would be swell-I'll pay you back for anything that expensive) Be sure to give Bev some snapshots to send to Bud. I read the part of your letter about visiting Mrs. M. to Henry and he was richly pleased - also very glad to see more pictures of you and Wendy. We were a little too timid about the books - everything you can get your hands on out here is necessary. I've been able to borrow a couple until mine arrive and will buy one or two that I don’t have anyway, at the University Bookstore. As for clothes, you were right - even the raincoat goes back when I get a chance to mail it. Goodnight, precious Warren
