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Conger Reynolds correspondence, April-December 1919

1919-04-04 Daphne Reynolds to Conger Reynolds Page 1

April 4th
1919
My Sweetheart,-
Are these wonderful nights getting to you as they are to me?  Are you feeling, with every breath of the warm night air the same longing that possesses me?  Can't be described as thrills any more, honey; gone too far for that.  I want you and your love - all of it!
The night always has made me feel the real joy of living and loving, but since I have known real love - the love of my husband - it's all different! I'm different!  The whole world is different.  I can't convince myself that I enjoy the mood ---- yet I wouldn't be without it for the whole world. Oh dearest, dearest! Why can't you come to me just now - just this very minute, when I'm longing for you so that there is no room for little fears or awe of you in my heart.  And when I do see you I suppose I'll be so afraid of you - just as I

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April 4th 1919 My Sweetheart,- Are these wonderful nights getting to you as they are to me? Are you feeling, with every breath of the warm night air the same longing that possesses me? Can't be described as thrills any more, honey; gone too far for that. I want you and your love - all of it! The night always has made me feel the real joy of living and loving, but since I have known real love - the love of my husband - it's all different! I'm different! The whole world is different. I can't convince myself that I enjoy the mood ---- yet I wouldn't be without it for the whole world. Oh dearest, dearest! Why can't you come to me just now - just this very minute, when I'm longing for you so that there is no room for little fears or awe of you in my heart. And when I do see you I suppose I'll be so afraid of you - just as I