William Ambrose Cull letter diary, 1915-1918 - Page 499
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good, honest, sensible soul – in fact he reminds me of you Dad, and inde[ed] he calls me his boy – has taken an awful fancy to me – and as he is now the only officer staying at the Pension, and is very keen that I transfer I shall fix it up. He's not too happy and I can help him. I was jokingly telling him yesterday just what I have told you about my leg, (it is not really as bad as one thinks) and would you believe it, he commenced crying like a child, then hugged and kissed me.
You know the thing is – some chaps who have damn all wrong with them make an awful fuss – and again my issue is not much, but officers who saw my wounds when they were bad – horrible in fact, have told these people and they can't make out how it is I am so jolly. They won't realize that that bad time is past, and that now I am Good,o. The petting I get would make