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Conger Reynolds correspondence, February 1918

1918-02-22 Conger Reynolds to Daphne Reynolds Page 2

when dry, but let rain fall for a few minutes and they acquire a coating of slippery thin slime that one can't escape having splattered over the lower part of his anatomy before he has gone a mile. I am alone in the deserted schoolroom with my back to a stove and my face toward a feeble lamp (a recent acquisition which, if not very illuminating, is better than candles). 
I could be lonesome and weary and generally down-hearted if I wanted to. But I won't let go. By comparison with what I should like to have this situation is thoroughly discouraging. But it could be infinitely worse. It at least allows me good health and a clear conscience and opportunity to realize the full blessing that the presence of my beautiful Daphne with me would be and will be sometime. Absence may make the heart grow fonder; it does a lot more. It makes the soul appreciate.

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when dry, but let rain fall for a few minutes and they acquire a coating of slippery thin slime that one can't escape having splattered over the lower part of his anatomy before he has gone a mile. I am alone in the deserted schoolroom with my back to a stove and my face toward a feeble lamp (a recent acquisition which, if not very illuminating, is better than candles). I could be lonesome and weary and generally down-hearted if I wanted to. But I won't let go. By comparison with what I should like to have this situation is thoroughly discouraging. But it could be infinitely worse. It at least allows me good health and a clear conscience and opportunity to realize the full blessing that the presence of my beautiful Daphne with me would be and will be sometime. Absence may make the heart grow fonder; it does a lot more. It makes the soul appreciate.