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Faculty Club

university of california

Sunday, 10 AM.

Dearest darling girl:

How are you? I love you very much. I have just got up. Every night I have a hard time going to bed — last night I read till 12, and worked till 1 ²⁰ . Usually I get up at 10. Last night I was nearly asleep when I wakened suddenly at about 1 ³⁰ or 2 and thought I heard you call my name. I suppose I heard some little noise. I'm surprised at how superstitious I might be. I have some english [sic] toffee which I like to eat. The meals here are at the club are good — 50 + 75 cents. Before reading I

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played bottle pool — from 8 ¹⁵ to 9 ³⁰ — with a man here whose name I don't know. Yesterday morning I went to talk with Dore, a man in the agr. department or something trying to use x-ray methods on the sugars, and talked to him for a long time. In the afternoon I went for a little walk on the hills above the stadium, and then went to Telegraph Avenue and bought a pair of scissors and some shaving cream. I like my leather box that you and Liny gave me very much. Bray asked me to a dinner for

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Thursday night.

Now I am going with Richy out to have dinner at Aunt Beth's. We'll come back at 6, I think — I don't want to stay all evening. I'm looking forward with keen anticipation to seeing you next week, darling little wife.

Linus