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[Absender:]Captain W. A Cull22nd Bn. A.I.F.[Off.-Gef.-Lager Freiburg, Baden][German censor's stamp: Off.-Gefangenenlager Freiburg, Baden Geprüft 6]November 8th. 17Dear Dad Mum & All
This follows closely upon my six pagesletter to you. For that reason tis necessary to enclose the sheet in a note to Marie
I hope and pray that you are all well. Im – well I'm as per usual – 'in the pink'. I've learnt to realize that, 'La vie est un chapelet de petites misères que le philosophe égrène en riant'. and I to, have learnt to pluck them smilingly.
No mail from you yet, but still, providing that you are well, and that I hear from you through others, 'tis not so bad.
Just think 'tis nearly Xmas 17, and I haven't the foggiest notion how you spent Xmas 16. It seems to me that I shall spend my Xmas here this year. I thought my exchange would have been effected
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