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Conger Reynolds correspondence, July 1918
1918-07-10 Conger Reynolds to Daphne Reynolds Page 2
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foolish you are to think of them in that way - as if I could forget! And yet I know just what you mean. When I haven't heard from you for a long time I get impatient to be assured again that, after I've been away from you so long and you have had so many opportunities to let present interests efface any particular interest in your hubby, you still love as always. I think what a test it is for a husband and wife to hold to each other only by letters for so long a time. I think how little I can do to keep up the magic that we had when we were together. But I never really fear that you will grow in the least indifferent because I believe in you and your love more than I ever believed in anyone or anything before. From my own experience I know that nothing that might tend toward forgetting is strong enough in its attraction to combat the feeling of pride in you and loyalty to you and preference for your love that dominates every thought. There is a pretty French saying that fits: "My love for you grows every day. Yesterday it was not so great as today; today it is not what it will be tomorrow." As for the plans for our home-making, I suppose the details very well can wait. Not now, but when there is some sign of the end of the war, we ought to begin considering what kind of career we want to undertake; for example, whether we want to go to Iowa City or plunge into something that offers more adventure. What we
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foolish you are to think of them in that way - as if I could forget! And yet I know just what you mean. When I haven't heard from you for a long time I get impatient to be assured again that, after I've been away from you so long and you have had so many opportunities to let present interests efface any particular interest in your hubby, you still love as always. I think what a test it is for a husband and wife to hold to each other only by letters for so long a time. I think how little I can do to keep up the magic that we had when we were together. But I never really fear that you will grow in the least indifferent because I believe in you and your love more than I ever believed in anyone or anything before. From my own experience I know that nothing that might tend toward forgetting is strong enough in its attraction to combat the feeling of pride in you and loyalty to you and preference for your love that dominates every thought. There is a pretty French saying that fits: "My love for you grows every day. Yesterday it was not so great as today; today it is not what it will be tomorrow." As for the plans for our home-making, I suppose the details very well can wait. Not now, but when there is some sign of the end of the war, we ought to begin considering what kind of career we want to undertake; for example, whether we want to go to Iowa City or plunge into something that offers more adventure. What we
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