There was a true ring of the "Grand Seigneur" about him which always impressed me.
Yours sincerely,
REAY.
July 1st, 1894.
My DEAR RUSSELL,
I thank you very much for your kindness in writing to me.
You may, indeed, presume that it is with painful interest and deep regret that I hear of the death of your father, and that I value the terms in which you speak of his feelings towards myself.
Though he died at such an advanced age, it is, I think, remarkable that his friends spoke of him to the last as if he were still in the full intercourse of daily life, without the disqualification or forgetfulness that old age sometimes brings with it.
For my part I can never forget my association with him in the House of Commons and elsewhere, nor the uniform kindness which he always showed me.
Believe me, most truly yours,
ARTHUR W. PEEL.
June 29th, 1894.