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Helen Fox Angell letters to Bess Peebles Fox, July 1944-April 1945

1944-12-07 Helen Fox to Bess Peebles Fox Page 1

December 7, 1944
Dear Mother,
First, an account of the last few days, which have been very nice ones.  I guess I haven't written since last Friday, which is bad.  This is my first free evening at home, though, since then.  Here's why.
Saturday night after work (about 6) Jay and Polly and I took a taxi to the station and went out to Witney by train.  Bobby Brodtman met us there in the car and took us to Whitehall.  We had dinner; the Jordans were there and Mrs. Busby.  We sat by the fire and visited and knit till about eleven.  Polly went home with the Jordans again.  I took Margaret some felt scraps and returned their patterns.  The maid had put our hot-water bottles in Jay's bed and in mine.  After we said a fond farewell to the family we went to bed.  We found that my hot-water bottle had been leaking placidly away in my bed for a couple of hours.  We hated to disturb everyone by changing rooms so I slept with Jay in her bed.  It was narrow, high on the sides and with a trough in the center, so we were more than cosy.  We were quite involved; I'd forgotten that two people had so many elbows.  Anyway we were warm, as we put my eiderdown on us on top of everything else.
We were called at ten and had a nice fresh egg for breakfast.  Then Bobby & Jay and

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December 7, 1944 Dear Mother, First, an account of the last few days, which have been very nice ones. I guess I haven't written since last Friday, which is bad. This is my first free evening at home, though, since then. Here's why. Saturday night after work (about 6) Jay and Polly and I took a taxi to the station and went out to Witney by train. Bobby Brodtman met us there in the car and took us to Whitehall. We had dinner; the Jordans were there and Mrs. Busby. We sat by the fire and visited and knit till about eleven. Polly went home with the Jordans again. I took Margaret some felt scraps and returned their patterns. The maid had put our hot-water bottles in Jay's bed and in mine. After we said a fond farewell to the family we went to bed. We found that my hot-water bottle had been leaking placidly away in my bed for a couple of hours. We hated to disturb everyone by changing rooms so I slept with Jay in her bed. It was narrow, high on the sides and with a trough in the center, so we were more than cosy. We were quite involved; I'd forgotten that two people had so many elbows. Anyway we were warm, as we put my eiderdown on us on top of everything else. We were called at ten and had a nice fresh egg for breakfast. Then Bobby & Jay and