No doubt word soon got round of CHTL's card playing skills (especially the speed he dealt the cards in spite of his missing digits). Men in the know queued up to try their luck against the three-finger-dealing general and enjoy the craic.…
Got first batch of letters Sunday night. I also got your post card addressed to the 'Irish republican army'... a brilliant inspiration on your part, but took some time to be delivered.…
By this time those guarding CHTL had become more relaxed, and he’d had some very interesting conversations with them. It is chilling, though, when one realises what his fate could have been.…
Glad to get such good news of you and Cutlett. (we shall have to call him Atty now) I'm sure he’s a dear. Someone is just going off to the post so will stop, and write a longer letter tomorrow.…
CHTL went fishing, but did not disclose so in his official report; had his superiors known that he continued to indulge in the sport that got him captured whilst they threw massive resources at trying to recover him, they would not have been impressed.…
Hope our Cutlett will have grown less noisy when I get home, I fancy they are all like that to start with; anyhow he is ours and so must be an extremely nice child…
CHTL was moved to Waterpark House but not without some difficulty. The IRA had expected trouble and were right to do so; their scouts detected troops on the road ahead.…
Am longing to see you both, don’t think it will be very long now.…