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32- Wednesday Oct. 18th 2:00 P.M. My darling: Four epistles this morning, letter 17 and 19 (am still missing 18) plus the note about Will's letter which I had already sent on and the letter with the 4 enclosures. It was fun reading about the officer's club and I'm so glad you got out there. Will try to find the things you ask for as I can. The pressed flower arrived this time and is lovely. Our garden is doing well too everything seems to have taken root. Honey, I can't figure out from your letters, how long you plan to be there. You speak of doing things ‘3-5’ monthly in the future. Is it that you will be going out and coming back? If so, it's alright, put the numeral in one of your letters in pencil. I am feeling quite at peace with the world today, and have quite gotten over my mad of last night. I have settled into a more or less time consuming routine - and am [pg 2] constantly meeting new people all around town. This morning I phoned Muriel Simpson and had a nice long talk with her. She promised to phone the next time they drive over here to Carmel. I have decided that we can't financially afford the dentist for me til after Christmas but I promise to go then. Muriel says Dr. Hughs is a Kentucky gentleman, whose very good with nervous women, and deals out novacaines with a liberal hand. Wrote a short note to Miss Coolidge asking how long we can expect to rent the house. Because if we do have to move next summer I want to line up something permanent. Time for carrots and bottle now - All our love darling, Bobby 4:45 Wendy has just finished drinking her orange juice from a cup - sort of messy, but at least half of it found its mark. We have another Betty von Ridge in [pg 3] Keeo (for Carol) Keeney, who was over here bright and early this morning to see Wendy dressed and fed. She asked the ever present ‘why’ at least 50 times, and kept me busy answering all her questions. Darling I will mail you some trappings for wrapping gifts in next weeks box along with your laundry and cookies. Wendy is on her tummy admiring the pattern in the rug. She has taken to rubbing her eyes or the general vicinity now when she is sleepy, and it looks so cunny. 9:00 To bed early tonight, because I have to get up and take Wendy to Dr. [Lusiguan's?] tomorrow morning. Marge may drive me down if not will take a cab. Have read some 200 pages of ‘The Tempering of Russia.’ I think that I probably took from the first 100 pages about all I'm going to get. Partsof what I'm reading now is good, but seems rather repetitious. I will try to finish it so that it can go in the next box I mail [pg 4] to you. Yes I can mail papers to you. I mailed the Herald on a Sunday with an airmail stamp, and that is why it did not go through. Darling, your letters are wonderful - I read and reread them all - finding something new each time for me to think about. You are close to me, and no material distance will ever change that. I’d hope that no matter where you go, you will be returning to H. periodically so that you can phone. Just hearing your voice makes me feel at peace with myself and my thoughts in a wholly healthy and reassuring way. I am finding greater strength within me than I ever dreamed existed. Not by any means to make me hard hearted on the contrary to arouse the emotions of a woman - something so new to me, as to be breath taking. I can see more keenly now my love for you, and the reasons it is so intense, and alive. You were right separation won't hurt us, but will add immeasurably to those things we can give each other and share to make [pg 5] a richer and more complete life for us and our family. And, as Wendy grows already I think of the brothers and sister we hope to give her. I do adore you darling - tho I never though myself of using that word - There is no measure of my love for you Take me with you always Bobby
