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Y.M.C.A. letterhead.  6/2/16
Place censored but appears to be Tel el Kebir

Dear Nell,
I received yours of 26/12/15.  As you said, another Xmas over, & thank goodness.  It was not by far the best I have spent, but under the circs it was not so bad.  The weather here is beginning to get warm now during the day time, but at nights it is still pretty chilly.  I speculated in a pair of short pants today, cost me forty piastres, about four shillings, so suppose the knees will get as brown (with dirt) as they used to when I wore the little short skirt.  As this is looked upon as a scotch battalion or rather brigade.  This letter is going to be a bit disjointed Nell as I am in the Y.M.C.A. & they have started singing hymns.  The minister is

 

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