Chapter 29Michael returned to Bristol, where he settled down to the task of learning to be a father to his beautiful baby daughter throughout the following couple of months; then the doctor who was monitoring his recovery pronounced him fit to resume active service and he was sent back to the front.
After he'd returned to the front Michael wrote the following letter:
Dear Phoebe,
I cannot tell you how sorry I am about what happened to James. We knew each other quite well at Oxford, of course, but it wasn't until we found ourselves fighting together in the same regiment that our friendship deepened and we became really close.
Whilst I realize that this can be little consolation for you in your current state of grief, I wanted, nevertheless, to assure you that I was speaking the truth wh
