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Joseph E. Evans letters, 1935-1954

1942-11-18 Joseph Evans to Mary Evans Page 2

my life in Washington - particularly the latter part of it - was not everything I might have wished, as far as you were concerned. Of course it was fine to have so many and such good friends, but it did become rather more complicated than I could conveniently deal with, and I am afraid I let my friendship with you suffer more than it should have. Not really, of course, but from the point of view of seeing you; it was not that other things mattered more: it was just that I could not manage them. I think I am relieved to be away from it, but perhaps a few weeks in Dubuque will change my mind. I will be here a few weeks (which is one reason why I felt justified in staying in Rochester as long as I did); I am to be inducted on the 25th and will not of course have to report for duty for another week after that.
Father seems well and not especially unhappy; F.H. was here all the time I was in Rochester, which was a good thing - they had dinner together every night he was here.
I sent the sweaters last Thursday, but if you want to exchange them for 36, I am sure that can be arranged. The colors are as close as I could come to butterscotch and bright yellow, and I know it wasn't very close, but Rosbek's stocks are depleted and they don't know whether they'll have any more or not. Incidentally, the sweaters are my birthday present to you.

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my life in Washington - particularly the latter part of it - was not everything I might have wished, as far as you were concerned. Of course it was fine to have so many and such good friends, but it did become rather more complicated than I could conveniently deal with, and I am afraid I let my friendship with you suffer more than it should have. Not really, of course, but from the point of view of seeing you; it was not that other things mattered more: it was just that I could not manage them. I think I am relieved to be away from it, but perhaps a few weeks in Dubuque will change my mind. I will be here a few weeks (which is one reason why I felt justified in staying in Rochester as long as I did); I am to be inducted on the 25th and will not of course have to report for duty for another week after that. Father seems well and not especially unhappy; F.H. was here all the time I was in Rochester, which was a good thing - they had dinner together every night he was here. I sent the sweaters last Thursday, but if you want to exchange them for 36, I am sure that can be arranged. The colors are as close as I could come to butterscotch and bright yellow, and I know it wasn't very close, but Rosbek's stocks are depleted and they don't know whether they'll have any more or not. Incidentally, the sweaters are my birthday present to you.