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41 Friday 8:00 P.M. Oct. 27 My darling: I have some bad news for you tonight - but will tell you first of all that. Muz is or at least on Tuesday was doing as well as could be expected. Jean writes that Muz slipped and fell last Sunday - and fractured her thigh bone. I think in the socket - She had a 3 hr. operation on Monday - and on Tuesday was quite upset tho that was to be expected. They believe she will be able to walk again in six months providing there are no complications. Knowing how hard it is to get help, and how hard it will be for Muz to stay in bed, and how she will need constant care - I have written and offered to go to Memphis with Wendy for as long as I should be needed. I am leaving it up to Muz and Albert to decide - because I’d hate to poke in where I wasn't wanted - and the situation is hard enough there. Of course we couldn't afford it til about January - but I'm sure Muz would need a practical nurse at least til then. What do you think? Try not to worry darling - I'm sure Muz [pg 2]will pull through nicely. Jean has promised to write as often as she can, and I will relay the news to you as fast as I can - have sent Jean our phone number in case she wants to phone - and in an emergency I'm sure I could get in touch with you somehow. She should be completely out of danger now - and if there had been any complications Jean would have let me know. I wrote her tonight, and will send Muz a letter tomorrow. I remember now how you said before you left that you wished we’d gone to Memphis, and now I wish we had too - tho I don't want to be any farther away from you than I absolutely have to be. I received the news just as we were on our way to Marjorie Wurzman's to tea which was a good thing, because I’d been feeling terribly low all day and wanting you so much. Marjorie is quite strained, tho a very generous hostess - and the other women there were older than me - One wife is living here with 3 children - her husband has been a prisoner in the Philippines for 3 years. Another is a well known artist, and the youngest Mrs. Wilson I liked best of all - she has a 2 yrs old daughter, and asked if she could phone me, and if I’d come see her - I would like to see her. Wendy was darling in the outfit Muz made for her -with pink sweater and hair bow- she behaved beautifully, and was quite the center [pg 3] of amusement - didn't fuss a bit tho we were there two hours. No mail from you today - wasn't really expecting any - tho soon I suspect I will be hearing from Henry. I hope that you already are where you are going, and that you arrived safely - and most of all that you will be returning soon. It seems that all the wives I meet are expecting their husbands sometime this winter or spring, and I'm so envious because our being together seems so far away. For some reason I didn't want to get up this morning, because I just had a feeling that something was in the air - and of course I worried about you - gosh darling, everything really does come at once. My thoughts are whirling through my head so that I can't think straight - will read a bit and then go to bed - wonder if I did right by offering to go to Memphis and if they should need me now, could we afford it, because of course I’d want to bring Wendy back here to wait for you. Write honey, and tell me what to do - I love you so much- Bobby
