Dearest Emmie

By the time you receive this letter I dare say this month will be nearly gone. I must thank you for the blanco which just came at the right time and needless to say the other contents of the parcel were très bon, which I presume were your make. We are cleaning cookers again this morning and they will look très chic when we have finished. Did you get my letter of the 24th. We mustn’t write in French because we might break rules & regs thereby. It is much easier to converse with the French than to write their language and it is surprising how the children pick up English; in some cases the “prime” words first. I don’t know what you think of this mix up of a letter and I won’t tell you how long it has taken me to write it but I dare say a few words are better than none at all so I will conclude with

Fondest Love

From Your Will xxx