My darling Billy, Today I am at 48 Lamartine Rd, meaning at my grand mother’s [house] and I just worked on my singing. My darling Billy, last night I had a marvelous dream. You were next to me and together we took a long walk in the moonlight. Oh Billy darling, howI would have wanted in waking up this morning for this dream to be true! Oh how I want to have you near me and to be able to dream in the glow of the moon and the stars. It seems to me that in your arms I would feel protected. I would be scared of nothing and I could spend the night [with you]. But all this was only a dream too beautiful for it to be real! Tell me Billy darling, when will you have leave? If you knew how I can’t wait to see you again. Do you know all that you mean to me? Billy, Billy darling, I love you but I think that I am still in my dream and since you are not next to me I want to talk to you about other things. How are your parents? I hope that as of now you have good news. Billy darling, be nice with your captain so he will let you come to Nice soon. Today in Nice, the weather was splendid, a real spring day with a marvelous sun, I miss you more than ever. Ah Billy, my darling Billy, come quick, (quick)! I need you, a long absence makes me sad, as sad as possible. Yesterday night, father noticed your little badge. He asked me where it came from. I explained it to him and he said absolutely nothing other than that the badge was pretty. I am really happy. But Billy darling, I will leave you for today. But my thoughts stay with you. Mother, Aunty, Uncle and Charley send you their best wishes. All my tenderness, all my love and thousands and thousands of kisses.
Your little star, JANY
P.S. Please write soon darling. My regards to Tom.
My darling Billy, Today I had the great joy of receiving two letters from you one of which was dated from September 11th which to my great joy contained one of your very dear photos. Billy, my darling, I understand very well your impatience to return to America and seeing your dear family again. I wish with all my heart that it will be soon because my dearest desire is that you are happy. Last night, I went to the cinema with my mother and my father. [At the cinema] there was one of your friends with his fiancé. I was very sad to see them because I thought of the day where we were at the cinema together. Billy, my darling, I had great hopes of seeing you again. But your letters take away this hope my Billy. Believe me, my darling Billy, it is not without a lot of emotion that I read your letter from September 24th. This gentle letter even in its gentleness hurt me so much because in all your letters you only talk to me about your departure to America. Yet Billy darling, I understand you very well. But know that I love you so much. In this letter, you asked me to always write you. You have my promise Billy darling, I will write you forever and always. Billy, my darling, you told me that very often you feel the need to ask me to marry you. I also very often have the desire to hear you say it. From the depths of my heart, I hope darling that our very dear little star which gave me the immense joy of meeting you will make us find each other again some day. At this moment, my Billy, I am still at my grandmother’s [house] at 48 Lamartine Rd because my piano is at her house and everyday it is necessary for me to study my lessons. Thus my Billy, if you give me the great surprise of coming to Nice on leave, come find me at my grandmother’s. But Billy, my darling, I leave you for today. Mother sends you all of her regards. With all my love and a thousand kisses.