Love Letters Page #2

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Your young lady is here to see you.

Victoria?

Miss Helen Wentworth.

Oh, yes.

And who is Victoria, may I ask?

Just a name

I don't know why I said it.

Aw, you should be more careful, Captain.

Right here, Miss Wentworth.

I must say, Alan.

It's as though we've never been parted.

Hello, Helen.

Isn't this splendid?

What, the hospital?

You know better than that.

I'm very proud of you.

All my friends are

waiting to hear your story.

They're really dreadfully envious...

Especially Madge Benton.

Do you remember Madge?

Her fiancee came back.

He hasn't got

anything like that to show for it.

Now tell me all about it.

There's really nothing to tell.

Why are you soldiers always so modest?

You know, I'm really very angry

with you, my dear.

Why?

You've been back for months.

And you haven't allowed me to visit you.

Didn't you want to see me?

Of course I wanted to see you, Helen.

It's just that I...

needed a little time.

What a funny thing to say.

As if I were a stranger.

And here I've waited

for this moment so impatiently.

It's been years, Alan.

Years of war.

But the war is over for you.

Over and done with.

You mustn't look back and get morbid.

You mustn't.

- Alan!

- Jim, when did you get here?

- Yesterday.

- Hello.

Miss Wentworth. Jim Connings.

How do you do, Lieutenant?

Jim and I were

in the same outfit overseas.

Oh, Lieutenant,

you must tell me about Alan.

I haven't been able to

get anything out of him.

What did he do?

And what was he decorated for?

Aw, nothing much.

But enough to win the DSO.

Our detachment

was practically wiped out

But he grabbed a flamethrower.

And blasted a pillbox.

Single-handedly.

Well, Jim. I've lost track of everybody.

I didn't know you ended up here too.

Yes. That makes two bad pennies

coming back.

- What about the third one?

- Who?

Roger. Roger Morland.

Ever hear from him?

Roger Morland?

- Why? Didn't you know?

- What?

He's dead.

Dead in action?

No. Here at home. In England.

It was an accident.

I knew something would happen.

Naw. It was just

an unfortunate accident.

Don't think about it, pal.

I'll try not to.

Well, I guess I'll hobble along.

I'm supposed to give it a workout.

- Miss Wentworth.

- Lieutenant.

- Alan.

- Jim.

Who was Roger Morland?

Someone I met at the front.

I don't wanna think about him though.

Or anything connected with him.

That's just what

I was trying to tell you.

You must forget the war.

You must get out and mix with people.

Find some useful work to do.

Helen.

Helen, try to understand.

I think every woman woman

should understand...

that a returning soldier

is not the man she knew

and loved before he went away.

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