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Dearest family,

We are in pursuit of the defeated enemy at an incredible pace. We will soon have the last of them surrounded. I am writing to you again for a very particular reason. Last night we discovered a hosiery factory and we made off with as many socks as we could, ladies’ and men’s. When I was packing early this morning I noticed that in the dark I had grabbed lots of odd pairs, mismatched in size and colour. I put them together as best I could, and now I’m worried that they’ll all be too big. But you can make them smaller, can’t you? The factory was already on fire when we went in and now it’s nothing but a heap of ashes.

With fondest love,

Your Herbert