love-sick maidens "Every Englishwoman in the island immediately went to live in barracks, the Army at St, Andrew's, the Navy at St Georges, and the RAF. at Naxxar. There they were locked up at 7 o'clock every evening, often as many as 1¢ to a room, with very little comfort in the way of privacy, bathing facilities, ete, so Mrs. Paterson and I decided that if we bad to die we might as well do it in comfort, and stay on in our flat.
"After the ürst day's air raids—eight in number—we were the only people left in our suburb for half a mile on one side and a mile on the cher, all the rest having fled either to barracks or to the country, the reason for this sudden exodus being that we were only 200 yards from an important military objective. However, we thought we'd be pretty unlucky if a bomb fell on our heads, and our confidence was entirely justified, as here we are to-day, quite intact, "Lite was a little tricky for the first few days, as the tradesmen wouldn't call for orders, and very few of them could deliver, as the Army had requisitioned most of their vans, Our house was at least a mile and a half from a shop, and, as the telephone and gas were cut Off because a bomb had committed a slight indiscretion further along the Toad, things were difficult.
"However, a naval officer whose ship was anchored farther out and who was not allowed ashore, lent us his car, and thus we were able to dart out and do the shopping between air raids. When the telephone came on again we had to ring up the itary. as the garbage calling, thinking there was no onê still living in the district. Thenceforth we had a special man ell to ourselves, a signal our which I never expected to attain in this world!
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