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Conger Reynolds correspondence, April 1918
1918-04-21 Conger Reynolds to Daphne Reynolds Page 5
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alize that, so long as the Boche continues to menace, men will have to do without their wives and sweethearts. Recognition of the necessity, however, does not relieve the passionate longing for you. That is the hardest thing everyone over here has to stand - the longing for home and for the folk back home. I haven't been homesick. I've outgrown getting homesick. And here - in spite of the disadvantages - there is much to make one like the location. I should as soon be here as in Iowa City or Nevady - if you were with me. It seems to me the separation from you is the only thing that ruffles my contentment. Perhaps I think that way because the separation from you is so much more a catastrophe than anything else that has befallen. I'm not really much surprised to learn that you haven't studied French. Heavens, how could you along with everything else you've been doing? I am almost ashamed to admit that I haven't increased my hold of the language to any great extent. If my landlady and Madame Martine did not force me to speak it a little now and then I should be making no progress at all. By this time I ought to be handling it pretty readily. Instead I still have to stumble along hunting for words. However, I've made one advance. I've gained confidence enough to use the French telephone. When mademoiselle says "J'ecoute" instead of "number please," I no longer lose my tongue
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alize that, so long as the Boche continues to menace, men will have to do without their wives and sweethearts. Recognition of the necessity, however, does not relieve the passionate longing for you. That is the hardest thing everyone over here has to stand - the longing for home and for the folk back home. I haven't been homesick. I've outgrown getting homesick. And here - in spite of the disadvantages - there is much to make one like the location. I should as soon be here as in Iowa City or Nevady - if you were with me. It seems to me the separation from you is the only thing that ruffles my contentment. Perhaps I think that way because the separation from you is so much more a catastrophe than anything else that has befallen. I'm not really much surprised to learn that you haven't studied French. Heavens, how could you along with everything else you've been doing? I am almost ashamed to admit that I haven't increased my hold of the language to any great extent. If my landlady and Madame Martine did not force me to speak it a little now and then I should be making no progress at all. By this time I ought to be handling it pretty readily. Instead I still have to stumble along hunting for words. However, I've made one advance. I've gained confidence enough to use the French telephone. When mademoiselle says "J'ecoute" instead of "number please," I no longer lose my tongue
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