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I do so much enjoy these little holidays and they are a great break in the more or less monotonous work. Each time I come back to work refreshed & bucked up and eagerly looking forward to the next holiday. Don't imagine that I am getting fed up with this flying game because I am not. I really am very very fond of the work and enjoy every flight and never feel that it is getting on my nerves in the least, as so many do after a long spell at the game. My nerves are just as sound as they ever were and the actual flying is just as enjoyable to me as ever it was. On the whole I think that I am far and away fitter and steadier now than most who have done as much flying as I have. So you need have no fear of my feeling any strain or being likely to crack up because I am just as fit as ever I could be. I still sleep like a log and am renowned for being hard to wake in the morning! It may seem a strange sort of argument to use to show that my flying nerves are quite sound but it is a very good indication that I have only once dreamed about flying!!

Father, in his last letter asked me what I felt about what I would like to do after the war, and I fancy he has some doubts about my settling down to law after these years of excitement. I can quite understand that you wonder whether this strange life will make peaceful indoor work almost unendurable afterwards, but I dont think you need to worry at all. I have never felt any

 

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