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Burton Jay Smith and Willametta Turnepseed letters, November-December 1943
1943-11-15 Page 5
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before I've steered a course in calm waters; when Curtis begged me to become engaged it was easy for me to say "wait"; but, because you were the man I'd been waiting for all my life, all I could say to you was "Yes, yes." If I had not said "yes" you wouldn't have been sure I loved you, and I felt that you needed that assurance and that this was no time for evasions and coyness. But had I not said "yes" you wouldn't expect me to come up to Toledo now and my heart wouldn't be torn and unhappy. This is one of the times I meditate on the joys of being an orphan. Left to myself I don't believe I'd doubt you at all, and innocent actions wouldn't take on questionable meanings. I wonder how you'd stand up under it if someone
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before I've steered a course in calm waters; when Curtis begged me to become engaged it was easy for me to say "wait"; but, because you were the man I'd been waiting for all my life, all I could say to you was "Yes, yes." If I had not said "yes" you wouldn't have been sure I loved you, and I felt that you needed that assurance and that this was no time for evasions and coyness. But had I not said "yes" you wouldn't expect me to come up to Toledo now and my heart wouldn't be torn and unhappy. This is one of the times I meditate on the joys of being an orphan. Left to myself I don't believe I'd doubt you at all, and innocent actions wouldn't take on questionable meanings. I wonder how you'd stand up under it if someone
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