Keith, Sis and June now stay In' their.own home. Keith has built an excellent arrangement in their siting room under which they sleep. It would not of course be of any use against a direst -hit—nothing would but should the roof fall in, ft would keep a fair amount off them. T had, a-camp bed outside this arrangement with screens up to prevent glass from, hitting me and ready to. dive in under the shelter if things became too warm, T refused to allow any of them to! to give place to mo because they; have suffered so much unpleasant ness. They sleep now through all but the heaviest bombardment. 1 did too.
Saturday was the worst night and! at four o'clock in the morning thought "Tt is now the tum of this house" and turned my face away because T had an absurd feeling that Tdid not want the roof to fall on my face. However, the beastly thing] screeched its way over the roof and some other poor things lost their home. On Saturday Sis and Juno went in to the main road to do some I have just read Orders, and see that tomorrow we are again out on manquvres, this time from early. morning tilt night. Reveille for us at 530 am. Gunde (tea and bis-cults) at 6. am Then we have an hour to finish off small jobs such Foam duties, ete, and at 7 am. we fall in ready to march off. We shall be having breakfast, dinner and tea in the field and we shall got back (we hope!) at about 8 pin. for supper in barracks. Quite a strenuous day, what? It is pouring with rain now, and has been for the past hour, 30 T think the countryside will be very muddy and those swamps will be lovely—yes, lovely to keep out of. shopping, I was going round to see the doctor and intended meeting} them, As T opened the front door, a boom from a gun neatly threw me off my. feet. "I hastily shut the door and. thought "Twill wait unfit that has! passed over," and went under cover: {fo do some knitting. However when T looked out everyone was carrying fon as usual, so T felt "I cannot be put to shame like this" and off T went, When T'met June she said, Oh you get a kind of sixth sens after you have been in it some time and seem to know when to run for shelter." I only hope that "'sixth Senso docs not let them down, "Proud to Belong"
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