"So far only food parcels (Red Cross) have come from England, but except some clothes any time.
"For the end of October weather is not too bad, though we have a lot of cold winds blowing from the north-east. Our rooms have a coal stove, so with careful coal consumption we manage to keep them warm, "Would you send any magazines possible, as not having papers most of our reading becomes monotonous.
"Your letters usually take about six weeks, though some appear to go astray."
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.