Fit as Fiddles and as Hard as Nails

[undated] France Germany all wounded struck at, attached like by mad dogs. Unfortunately (me ? again) E. is not my comrade nor is F. nor is R. I hope you dont hate my meandering on or think it an affectation. It amuses me more than a little and doesnt hurt you indeed you not even read it. The only thing that prevents my enjoying indefinitely writing stuff of the kind is the ? of the ? who is shouting to her clients in a voice that is nothing less than hellish. No words of mine can describe the ? of it. It shrieks like seven devils