Dear Dorothy,

I am just sending you two lines to say that I met the 5.30 Paddington train yesterday and missed you somehow.The indicator shewed you 20 minutes late, and there was a crowd of a hundred or more with eyes glued on the board to learn the platforms of arrival. At 5 minutes to 6 up went number 11 for your train, and about 30 of us did a record sprint to that platform. I went all along the train and drew  blank. I went back to platform 8 and by that time another Devon train had got in and emptied itself. You may have come by that train, they were all more or less late and everything seemed topsy-turvy. My luck was out. Love Dad.