And from a sheet of paper with a regimental heading Dorothy began to read:
“Dearest Aunt Dorothy,—
“were in murree and we got a servant that wigles his toes when we speak to him and he loves baba and makes noises like him and there are squiboos in the tres—”
—(she means squirrels)—
“—and ive got a parrot uncle tony bought me and uncle tony says the monsoon will praps fale and the peple wont have anything to eat but weve lots and i like this better than kohat the shops are lovely but there are lots of flees and they bite baba and he cries this is a long letter how are jackie and noel i got the photograf—”
—(that’s the new one on the mantelpiece)—
“—were going to tifin at major hirsts little girls one is called marjorie and were great friends——”
“Where’s the other page got to? It was here——”
She found the other page, and continued the reading of the child’s letter.