Daphne is too young and pretty to hide herself in the country. Edith has some gossip.

Edith writes again, but page/s 2 and 4 are missing

98 Rowntree St

Balmain

15^th July 1918

Dear Norman,

Your welcome post card to hand this mail. What a pretty place on the P.C., the garden’s must be fine. I hope you enjoyed the days you spent there. I am so glad you saw Will Darvish ?, he wrote and told me he met you and what a nice time you had together. I am sorry he is leaving England so soon, but shall be glad to see him. I hear about you from your dad. What a busy man you are. I am glad you are keeping well and going strong.

I suppose you will hear about the Tea Meeting from some one else so I will not give you a 2^nd edition…….

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..so you can’t expect a man to do that and come to church on the only day he can take his lady-love out. [I wish we had page 2!]

Did you know Daphne King is engaged? Dr Will Roberts is the happy man (‘Billie” Daphne calls him) is going out to the country to practice and he wants Daphne to go with him, so don’t be surprised if you hear we have a ‘choral wedding’ and another social and send off, but really it is a shame if Mr and Mrs King let Daphne go, she is so young and too pretty to hide herself in the country. She has not seen life yet. If it was one of the old fogies now, or Chas Goud but NO! St John’s can’t get rid of us! We are like “ Tennyson’s” stream going on for ever.

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We know it’s Edith from address on a previous letter.