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Date: May 9th 1916
To
Wm
From
Wilbert
Letter

50 Weymouth St. W.

May 9th 1916.

Dear Em,

It has rained all day and all day yesterday and most of day before to say lest I am fed up and never felt so disgusted in my life. I have been feeling miserable all week. You see I am alright now. My throat is all better and I am quite fit again. And I know where I should be as well as the next one. I went down to the board last Wednesday and asked for a few days. Instead of that they said I should take 3 weeks and so now I am here for over two weeks more. I don't mean here but some place in England, they said I should go any place in British Isles, but when I asked for a pass to Ireland, they said that was quite impossible owing to the revolt. So here I am.
I have been here now over three weeks now, besides two weeks in Boulogne, so do you wonder that I am feeling like getting back.
Last week I did not know what to do with myself. I went to all the shows in town nearly, ate at nearly all the large restaurants, but I can't say I had a good time at all.
On Saturday I went with a friend of mine down to visit his sister. She and her husband live down at Chumsley Essex and I thought we would have a good time. But he developed a cold on the road down, so we stayed in bed nearly the whole week end while it rained outside. He was not well enough to get up this am, but I got up and caught the 10.30 train in, so here I am.
When I got home the first thing the nurse said was how you had better have a nice hot bath and get right to bed. After being in bed for nearly all week end. Can you beat that.
First chance I get I am going down to Falkestone and see if I cannot get right across to France.
May 12th Cont. in Mothers letter

Wilbert

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