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May: 22: 15

My darling little Susie

I was very glad to get your yesterday's letter. I shall
come home on Friday or Saturday, probably Friday. I have been so
busy from hour to hour that I have had no time to think of
arrangements. It was very wicked of me. I do hope you have not been very
bored. I hope you will stay on at Checkendon next week if you can get some
company.

Yesterday I got into Ypres again & west of the Canal & saw
a lot of the brigades who were engaged in the recent fighting. Then I went to
see Julian Byng [ST: afterwards Lord Byng of Vimy] & General French. I think I have got the second battle of
Ypres cleared up now, but it is a most confusing battle. I have seen almost
everybody concerned in it. I saw Anthony Henly at Byng's H.Q. He is
looking very well. With great trouble I found Alec Maitland yesterday
& had a few minutes with him. He is living in a very muddy farm W. of
Poperinghe. He looks extraordinarily well, very brown, & entirely different,