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Conger Reynolds correspondence, April 1918
1918-04-22 Conger Reynolds to Daphne Reynolds Page 5
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stupor of amazement at the perfection of your loving. If it's all unconsciously done its all the more amazing. Oh, how I think back to the great moments of those golden days when I could pet you! And were you really so panicky yourself? It seems odd that you should have been. My heart pounded too, but I wasn't held back from kissing you, I was never altogether content unless I at least had my arm about you or your hand in mine. Dearest, that happiness will be renewed for us some day. I'm not worrying about the waiting. See? Nearby four months of it have gone already, which brings us four months nearer to our reunion. We'll work and be happy over the prospect and not mind the present. We are having a good time writing love letters, anyway. There wasn't time for many of the sort that often precede marriages, but we're more than doing the friend wife - friend husband correspondence. Your letters are glorious. I might echo what Arthur Delaney - shure an' he's a war-r-r bride too - said tonight: "If I heard there was a letter from my wife at Kalamazoo I'd be willing to walk there to get it if I could get it no other way. My candle has burned down into the cup of the candlestick and the
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stupor of amazement at the perfection of your loving. If it's all unconsciously done its all the more amazing. Oh, how I think back to the great moments of those golden days when I could pet you! And were you really so panicky yourself? It seems odd that you should have been. My heart pounded too, but I wasn't held back from kissing you, I was never altogether content unless I at least had my arm about you or your hand in mine. Dearest, that happiness will be renewed for us some day. I'm not worrying about the waiting. See? Nearby four months of it have gone already, which brings us four months nearer to our reunion. We'll work and be happy over the prospect and not mind the present. We are having a good time writing love letters, anyway. There wasn't time for many of the sort that often precede marriages, but we're more than doing the friend wife - friend husband correspondence. Your letters are glorious. I might echo what Arthur Delaney - shure an' he's a war-r-r bride too - said tonight: "If I heard there was a letter from my wife at Kalamazoo I'd be willing to walk there to get it if I could get it no other way. My candle has burned down into the cup of the candlestick and the
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