Gus tells Helen that if her soldier husband won't write to her, then he will. He's come to the conclusion that this island is no place to live, and he looked for Phillip's division in the list of returning companies but didn't see it. He wishes that he were in a camp because then he could get out quickly instead of having to wait for replacements. He intends to have a vacation when he gets out before going back to work. He writes about the peace celebrations that he mostly missed, and the work that he does at the camp. The wind on the island is strong and he's gotten tanned from the work he's doing. He's gained two pounds, either from that "or army beans." There's supposed to be a dance that night but he doesn't know where they're going to find any girls. He hopes that Helen won't tell Jay that he dedicated a book to her, since at Syracuse Jay would ask him what business he had writing to his wife.
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