F. M. the Duke of Wellington presents His Compts to Miss J.! He has received Her Letter of the 17th of which he acknowledges the receipt; in order to save her the trouble of making farther enquiries about it!
But he really entreats Her not to give herself the trouble of writing to him again!
It is obvious that the act of doing so irritates Miss J.! which cannot be beneficial to Her Health! He hopes that she will not write again!
Miss J. in her Diary for February 21st gives a copy of a note she wrote the Duke at this time:—
My Lord Duke,—I wrote to you on the 13th Inst. Whether you received it I know not, therefore acquaint you that such was the case. Feeling assured that there was nothing in that letter which in the sight of God ought to have displeased your Grace, I leave the consequences with Him accordingly, remaining Ever
His devoted Child and Servant
A. J.
The Duke's reply is as follows:—
London, Feb. 22, 1851.
I received in due course Miss J.'s letter, but as I did not consider that its contents required any observation on my part; or tended to manifest Miss J.'s desire or wish to hear from me again, I did not think it really expected I acknowledge the receipt.