Dora Says That Edward Has Written Her From The Camp Of Lawrence of Arabia
Dear Readers,
Viola put the letter on the dining room table. I read it aloud to my parents and Mr. Byrne while we ate dinner. Edward informs me that he is the adjutant to Lawrence of Arabia responsible for handling the Colonel's correspondence with the British War Department. He went to Lawrence to report that the most recent letter had disappeared. He was met with a diatribe about how incompetent the War Department is in conducting the war. Lawrence claims that he intends to win in Arabia and chase the Turks out despite the War Department. He is using such tactics as blowing up railroads with tulip bombs instead of confronting the Turks --- supplied by the Germans --- head on in battle.
Edward also included a PS and a PSS just for me. He says he reads Mr. Klein's Lion and the Mouse that I sent him and thinks about me at night time. He wants me to send him a picture of myself. Of course I didn't read that part aloud. He suggests that we might be married next Christmas, 1916. But even that is indefinite. He hints, just like the British ambassador did, that our wedding is dependent upon the end of the war.
Oh, Edward, is seems as if my life is dependent upon the end of the war! Until then I am just waiting to live.
Sincerely yours,
Dora Benley
P.S. You would think the Lusitania would be enough. Now it's the camp of Lawrence of Arabia. You can read all about my adventures in King Abdullah's Tomb, the first volume of my memoirs.
Viola put the letter on the dining room table. I read it aloud to my parents and Mr. Byrne while we ate dinner. Edward informs me that he is the adjutant to Lawrence of Arabia responsible for handling the Colonel's correspondence with the British War Department. He went to Lawrence to report that the most recent letter had disappeared. He was met with a diatribe about how incompetent the War Department is in conducting the war. Lawrence claims that he intends to win in Arabia and chase the Turks out despite the War Department. He is using such tactics as blowing up railroads with tulip bombs instead of confronting the Turks --- supplied by the Germans --- head on in battle.
Edward also included a PS and a PSS just for me. He says he reads Mr. Klein's Lion and the Mouse that I sent him and thinks about me at night time. He wants me to send him a picture of myself. Of course I didn't read that part aloud. He suggests that we might be married next Christmas, 1916. But even that is indefinite. He hints, just like the British ambassador did, that our wedding is dependent upon the end of the war.
Oh, Edward, is seems as if my life is dependent upon the end of the war! Until then I am just waiting to live.
Sincerely yours,
Dora Benley
P.S. You would think the Lusitania would be enough. Now it's the camp of Lawrence of Arabia. You can read all about my adventures in King Abdullah's Tomb, the first volume of my memoirs.
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