You'll forgive me, won't you, for being so rude (вы простите меня, не так ли, за мою неучтивость;
It's a quarter past two (уже четверть третьего). I'm going to tiptoe out (я собираюсь прокрасться на цыпочках на улицу) to post this off now (чтобы отправить письмо прямо сейчас). You'll receive it in the next mail after the other (вы получите его со следующей почтой, после того, другого письма); so you won't have a very long time to think bad of me (поэтому у вас не будет очень много времени, чтобы думать плохо обо мне).
Good night, Daddy,
I love you always (всегда любящая вас),
Judy
mortgage ['mO:gIdZ], impulsively [Im'pAlsIvlI], thoughtless ['TO:tlIs], independence ["IndI'pendqns], revolt [rI'vqVlt], heroine ['herqVIn], tiptoe ['tIptqV]
I'd love pretty hats and things, but I mustn't mortgage the future to pay for them.
You'll forgive me, won't you, for being so rude? I have an awful habit of writing impulsively when I first think things, and then posting the letter beyond recall. But if I sometimes seem thoughtless and ungrateful, I never mean it. In my heart I thank you always for the life and freedom and independence that you have given me. My childhood was just a long, sullen stretch of revolt, and now I am so happy every moment of the day that I can't believe it's true. I feel like a made-up heroine in a story-book.
It's a quarter past two. I'm going to tiptoe out to post this off now. You'll receive it in the next mail after the other; so you won't have a very long time to think bad of me.
Good night, Daddy,
I love you always,
Judy
May 4th.