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76, PORTLAND PLACE,
W.

Nov: 6: 17

My dearest wee Mother

This is a day of heavy rain.
I see the poor Eyetalians [ST: Italians] are
walking backward again. This is
certainly one of the beastliest stages
of the war. Nearly everybody I have to
deal with officially is cantankerous
and stupid. I am quite fit now,