My dearest Billy, I received your kind letter. I turned 18 on March 31st, which was followed by a profound sadness because you were not there. Christiane was with me, we talked about you and Bob for a long while. Dear Billy, I want to write you but I don’t know what to tell you. All I can say is “Billy darling love me.” I beg you to write me often, answer me soon. Your letters are such a big comfort, I kindly ask you to send me your American address because I wish to continue our correspondence after the war. Mother sends her best wishes and I, darling Billy, hope to see you again one day. I leave you with regret. Please accept my greatest love and my most tender kisses. You love me.
My dearest Billy, What great joy I feel every time I receive one of your kind letters. Are you receiving mine? Every evening, as soon as the stars appear, I look at them and I am very sad because we are not together to look at them. Billy, darling, maybe one day you will forget me, but for me, you will always be in my thoughts, I could never forget you. With my mother and my friends, we very often speak about you since my friends know you from photos and if one day you come back to Nice, we will host a big party. Dear Billy, I don’t know what to say to you but I still write with all my heart. Write me often, your letters give me such joy. Please accept my mother’s best wishes and from me my greatest love with the hope of seeing you again one day.
Darling Billy, What great joy it was for me to have received your kind letter with your marvelous little keepsake. I thank you with all my heart and I send you big kisses. As for the Motion Picture Magazines, I loved them. If you can send me your photos, I would be very happy. As for myself, I don’t have any photos yet, but you have my word that you will be the first person that I will think of once I have some. Darling Billy, today the sky was filled with clouds and to my sadness, this evening I cannot contemplate our little star. But without fail, my eyes are constantly on your dear photo, the photo you gave me at our second encounter at the Red Cross. I prefer it to the other ones because on this one you have such a beautiful smile, a smile that I love so dearly. Have you been receiving my letters? Mother and I have some charming friends, a man, and his wife, whom we speak to often about you. I wish with all my heart that you will soon return to Nice so that we may have you with us. When you come back, we will host a couple of little parties in your honor, and we can catch up on the dances we have lost. I regretfully finish my letter. I hope to receive one of your letters soon, give my sympathies to Bob. Mother sends her best wishes and I, hoping to hear from you and see you again, send all my love. Once again, thank you for that kind keepsake which filled me with wonder, please receive my a thousand kisses again.
My dearest Billy, It is with great joy that I received your charming letter. Unfortunately, a great misfortune has hit our family, the cruel loss of my little cousin at the age of 14 years. Please excuse me for not sending you photos again this time because of this misfortune. I couldn’t take care of it but you have my word that I will send you some in my next letter which will be very soon. I ask you to write me as often as possible, your letters give me such pleasure. In your letter, [you said that] you wish to get back to your civilian clothes and your dear family again, I hope that for you from the depths of my heart and I think you will soon be excused. I hope that once arrived in your country you will not forget me right away, and that you’ll keep corresponding with me. From where I write, I can see our dear little star, which we will see once again together unless you return directly to your family. Dearest Billy, excuse my short letter but I have such pain that I cannot write even though writing to you is my only distraction, my only joy. When I receive your letters, I am so happy to feel that someone is thinking of me. Give my best regards to Bob, mother joins me in sending you our best wishes. Billy dear, please accept all my love and a thousand kisses.