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reserved in Bradford, which it could have been.
So do not go & do anything which you don't want to
do, darling. If you can find such work which is not
as hard, & which you want to do, & where they
want you, that would be alright. Otherwise, you
can concentrate on Maxie - on some of your
own work - & are writing to me, to keep up my
morale & war effort. By which I do not mean
you must write cheerfully if you do not feel
like it. All your letters are all the world to me
& I want to hear all about you. But do keep
well my sweetest - & never worry about me. I am
very careful & well behaved - & I keep in excellent
health, & I do not think the Nazis will come
this way - if they do we shall be a match
for them - & even if they come as far as this, I
shall probably have to take my Jews away behind
enemy lines to guard a Base or [illegible] of [illegible]
But I do not think that will happen. And I
shall come home [illegible] having seen a Nazi, or
[illegible] not a hero at all. It is a little
galling to think of at times - but somebody has to
do this job. & nothing is of importance compared
with coming home to you. You must promise me
never to blame me or laught at me ([illegible])
for having been in such a safe & cushy job all
the time. I don't think you will, somehow.
And now [illegible] Xmas - it was a pleasant &