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Conger Reynolds correspondence, July 1918
1918-07-29 Conger Reynolds to Daphne Reynolds Page 3
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Honey, you don't know what a stirring letter that one of June 20 was. After reading it I felt almost as if you had been close to me. As nearby as a letter can it conveyed the feeling that is in your pranks when you mess my "precious hair" and inflict other kinds of nice abuse on me. I hope you'll not continue to believe that you have to hold back love for fear of tiring me, dear. You'll never be able to kiss me enough, nor I you, to make up for the kisses we are missing now, dearest. I always wanted to hold your hand all the time I was with you and to kiss you a great deal more than I did. If I seemed restrained it was because I was deliberately holding myself or else too awed by the wonder of you -- and all the happiness of things -- to be expressive. Many times, it must have been
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Honey, you don't know what a stirring letter that one of June 20 was. After reading it I felt almost as if you had been close to me. As nearby as a letter can it conveyed the feeling that is in your pranks when you mess my "precious hair" and inflict other kinds of nice abuse on me. I hope you'll not continue to believe that you have to hold back love for fear of tiring me, dear. You'll never be able to kiss me enough, nor I you, to make up for the kisses we are missing now, dearest. I always wanted to hold your hand all the time I was with you and to kiss you a great deal more than I did. If I seemed restrained it was because I was deliberately holding myself or else too awed by the wonder of you -- and all the happiness of things -- to be expressive. Many times, it must have been
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