C/O Capt Mackenzie
A M L O
A P O Le Havre
21st Nov 1915

Dear Mary,
I have let all the rest know that I have changed my address so will drop you this note so that yourself and Phemie will know Really I was very sorry leaving good old Calais. I was as well off there as though I was at home and much easier than soldiering at home. They were really nice people I had to do with there especially the house where I was teaching the little lassie English. She was crying like to break her little heart when she saw me going away. Of course I was never angry with her if she had not got her lesson and she would always say to her mother that I was such a kind teacher and that she was not afraid of me. I got angry with her just once because her mother told me to do so and she was crying all night after it, so I could not have the heart to do so again. She is going to write a letter to Phemie I expect it will be in French. I had my dinner and supper with them the day before I came away and a box of biscuits and another of chocolate to take with me. I am missing my good dinner today. Of course I had a few friends at Calais! I sleep here along with the Police in small canvas huts and it is very cold at night as there are no fires in them and I have none of my old pals with me so it is pretty rotten at present. If it was the summer time I would rather have gone back to the front along with the regiment. This is a fine big town much bigger than Calais. You can give this letter to Phemie when you have finished with it and I will write one when I get one from her. We have very cold weather but dry. There is a fine big Y.M.C.A. hall here tea cake etc. very cheap. Write when you can
Love to you both
From Dodo