Box 6 Item 01: Edith S. Thistlethwaite letters and papers, 1914-1923 - Page 16
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At Sea 5.5.15.
My dearest Mother & Sisters,
Suppose you have received my letter from Thursday Is. safely. I am longing for news from home, it seems ages since we heard how the war is progressing & how you all are.
We expect to reach Colombo next Saturday 8th May. Hope to go ashore & stayed until Tuesday-morning. If we can catch a train, we are off to Kandy for 24 hrs. The Major & Matron are going with us. Oh, to be on land once more. We have not left the boat since we embarked.
We have had a wonderfully calm passage but plenty of heat, in the Torrid Zone most of the time & a state if moisture. Have had a cool breeze these last two days. I have not been sea sick but enjoying my food & putting in time very well. I had to look after Dorothy for a few days while her throat was bad. She is splendid again & her voice beautiful. We are still having the two Concerts a week, the Church services, & sports for the me. The Sisters' Sports were a failure