Mick sent me a pipe which I have smoked a little. He seems very pleased and happy with everything doesn’t he? He writes from Royal Marine Barracks Chatham

My cold is very worrying still especially at night, but I so want to get home again. [Sampson Archive, SP8/1/2/10/16]

Letter written February 25 1915 by John Sampson (1862-1931), University Librarian, to his wife. This week’s war: 30