Yours affectionately.
Mr. W. R. Sculthorpe.
Tavistock House, Tavistock Square, London, W.C.,
Thursday, Nov. 10th, 1859.
Dear Sir,
Judgment must go by default. I have not a word to plead against Dodson and Fogg. I am without any defence to the action; and therefore, as law goes, ought to win it.
Seriously, the date of your hospitable note disturbs my soul. But I have been incessantly writing in Kent and reading in all sorts of places, and have done nothing in my own personal character these many months; and now I come to town and our friend[5] is away! Let me take that defaulting miscreant into council when he comes back.
Faithfully yours.
Monsieur Regnier.
Tavistock House, Tavistock Square, London, W.C.,
Wednesday, Nov. 16th, 1859.
My dear Regnier,