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2632 Woodley Place Thursday 10:10 p.m. My darlings, Eagerly I reached out in the dark to the little table in the hall downstairs to find the letter which would bring the first news I've had of you since Monday and hungrily I devoured it - it was so good. I haven't been anxious about you for I knew you were well and very happy, but I've been waiting to share and hear about everything. I'm so impatient to see you on Sunday and look forward so much to my return to N.Y. and home (which is wherever you are). Tonight after playing ball in the park near Washington Monument, I went downtown to a large stationery store and found some notepaper with a finish I liked very much and had it monogrammed in a color that I thought suited you. Including the monogramming it was $4 for 72 sheets and envelopes; was that too much or about right? At any rate I hope you'll like it. I bought a Father's Day card and was all set to mail it but on checking to make sure I discovered that I was a week early. I stopped in at a Translux to see a newsreel and then wished I’d hurried home to read your letter and have time for a nice long reply instead. Sweetie, I hope my log entry doesn't sound over-serious or posturing; I wanted it just to be simple and direct. I wondered because you said you were feeling a little weepy, and because I had tears in my eyes when I wrote it and almost got them on the page. Then suddenly I felt a little ashamed and suspicious that I was being mawkish, and finished quickly in a more exuberant spirit. I guess a little of such directness goes a long way - but I do mean it, my dearest ones. I am reading your letter again. With what relish could I make a little tour of your day! Didn't mail the package I spoke of in the letter mailed this afternoon. I think I'll wait and bring it with me Sunday. [pg 2] Again it's getting past my bedtime and since I'm going out to Jack and Simone's tomorrow night I’d better hit the hay - or this narrow, rather hard bed of mine which is one of the minor arguments for coming home Saturday night. Still, I sleep well enough here. Goodnight, my precious ones. I've got lots more to say to you later. Daddy
