March 18, 1980

Berkeley, March 18, 1930




My Darling Alice,

I didn’t mean to let you wait so long for an answer, but time is the swiftest thing going down here. At night when I am about to drop off to sleep, my last thought is you, wishing your sweet little face lay next to mine, as once upon a time.  Just about two years ago now since I met you for the first time, that wonderful night crowned with your first kiss will always be a reminder of you.  I had planned so many things with you but things turned out different.  Seems I’d better make the grade first, but sometimes I wonder if it wouldn’t be a little easier with you on my side. 

Maybe it is foolish of me to talk this way, but don’t forget there always is a place for you in my heart.  How is everything with you now?  I guess you are a good church member while I am getting worse and haven’t been to church for almost three months.  That however doesn’t’ mean that I am falling down morally, the company I keep, here at the Y.M.C.A. as well as my friend Fred, wouldn’t permit that.  What little spare time I have, I am enjoying out in the wide open spaces, one time in the mountains, the next on the shore.  That keeps me fit for my job.  I am glad to be gaining weight, when I got here it were 134, today 141 ½.  If that keeps up you won’t know me when I get back. 

Well, darling I hope you’ll find time for a few lines to me and don’t mind to let your heart speak, I am the only one that reads your letters.

With all my love, I am as ever,
Your true friend,
George
Auf Wiedersehen, au revoir, …

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