The German army came in and there was no fighting and I am very well.

I am only distressed at not being able to get letters from you, and not being able to send them.

I will write a long one, and hold it until I am sure of some way by which it can reach you.
YOU KNOW WHAT I WOULD SAY.
Mrs.Davis had waited in London to meet Richard on his return from the war, but a misunderstanding as to the date of his return, coupled with her strong sense of duty to his interests at home, gave occasion for the letter which follows: LONDON, August 31, 1914.
DEAREST ONE: Not since the Herald Square days have I had such a blow as when I drove up to 10 Clarges, and found you gone! IT WAS NOBODY'S FAULT! YOU WERE SO RIGHT to go; and I COULD NOT COME.

I am so distressed lest it was my cable saying I could not get back that decided you to go before the fifth.

But Ashford says it was not.