Very best love.
Ever your loving son,
Harold.
XLVI.
To his Mother.
Hotel Burlington, Dover.
4th February, 1916.
Dearest Mum,
Just a short line to let you know I am crossing to Dunkirk to-morrow, weather permitting. I am flying a R.A.F. B.E. across and returning the same day, in a Nieuport if available, otherwise in a destroyer. Am quite looking forward to the trip. Have already crossed the Channel three times by air and about twelve by water.
Beaucoup de love.