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Z93 From Belge," Feb 18," Dearest Favie-I'm still glowing with joy that you two dears are married but long to see you and will in May unless theres [sic] a big attack on this front and I can't get away. My leave has gone through but after I get all my Belgium papers it takes 20 days or more to fix up my British and American ones. So please write Mr. Page and ask him to give me a letter helping me through and I will call for it personally at the Embassy when I get to London. You have to get your papers signed at least 14 days before you sail and as I'll only get 6 weeks leave for America I don't want to waste 14 of those days fiddling with papers in London a letter from the Ambassador (your pal) will save my waiting in long ques [sic] to get to the American Consul-- and Permit Offices- then Mr. Page's letter-- finish --the same landing on the other side.
Theres nothing like a ""pull with the Management"" is there. I've got a wonderful one in Belgium. Hobnobbing with Crowned heads is very effective on the lesser [illegible] Please tell me where you are and where you'll be and everything. I'd love to get to Tarboro for a minute after I've seen you and hugged Sylva.
It takes 9 days or more to cross. The boats give me a reduction on my ticket which I am glad of. The guns are going tonight so I guess I'll have a busy night. Got such a lovely letter from Mrs. Maxwell and my diploma and pin are in Paris waiting for me. Wasn't it splendid of them.
I can't write any more. Have last of the gifts ") and any how thinking I'll see you before very long has made me restless. I'll say it all when I get there if I'm not torpedoed on route. I haven't seen Don since August but he is coming up for the night next week on his way back from leave. Prince A is arranging it for me and Harding ") to meet him at Bologne.
I'm as determined as ever! [illegible] away my life is absolutely useless as it is. so is his if he'd only realize it-- only I'm not bothering him about it till the war is over. My youth will probably be over too and nothing will matter. I couldn't or wouldn't want to try to hold any one who didn't want to stay. If he had let me go as he promised to last year - it would have been all over and forgotten and I'd have been happily married to the man I love as it is I've given him his [illegible] (You can't go on with a thing like this with out something happening) and he is in Italy now with the 23rd Division and I'll probably never see him again.
[illegible] What fun Don gets out of paying my bills and having me dash out with other men [illegible] home on leave when he is there as often as I can --I can't see--
I don't want to be his widow. He loves living (Though what he gets out of it beats me)" I'm proud of his career and help him all I can. But could do the same if I wasn't legally tied to him and be twice as nice to him. Now if I am halfway [illegible] he thinks I've changed my mind. It's too late now for him to do anything that will help the war. He's unconsciously ruined the rest of my like and I reckon I deserve it. I've never given him anything worth having but he's learned ") all along to hang on Keeps promising if I met the man he'd let me go--well so much for love and promises." Your ever loving Glory
