Item 01: James Wilkie letters, ca. 1914-1918 - Page 193
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[Page 193]
Dear Mrs Jack,
Just a few lines to let you know I received your letter written on the Mataram on the way back & was most pleased. It had seemed just ages since I had heard from you & I was most depressed. So glad you had such a good time, it sounded lovely. I read out the bits about marble pillared halls opened to the sky, with palms &c. & everybody dressed in white & just nicely cool to the fellows: and barely escaped with my life. With the thermometer at 22 (Fahrenheit), snow all round & ice everywhere inside & out it was too cruel. It has been terribly cold, we didn't realise till now how cold it could be, most of us. But barring colds & coughs we are all pretty well. I have been terribly busy lately & have been away from the Brigade a good deal. I am taking over a new job, still attached to the old Brigade but it is different work, more responsible & more independent but less