July 19

I rec'd your letter last night & since I started this you received card. I was going to write to you last night, but thought better not: as it was I woke up two or three times nearly into a chill, and had all I could do to "Keep down". I wish I had someone here now. You seem so far away now, and it seems so like a dream - or a story. How long have you to stay right at the trench? till you are not able to stay any longer? It is a wonder how ones nerves stand it