Oct. 2. 71.
My dear Miss Jex-Blake,
I shall be at the Senatus any day you like, unless prevented by something of which I have no present prospect.
I was glad to hear, from my wife, ... that Mr. Fraser has given you a favourable opinion. His view that the Professors are bound to teach all persons who present Matriculation tickets to them, is what I have always held, and I believe often expressed to you. In the same way I should say, they are bound to examine them. What you must do now, then, I fancy, is to present your Mat: tickets and class fees and demand class tickets, and present your Certificates, etc., and demand Examination, and, on either or both being refused, claim a legal remedy. If possible you ought to go to the Court of Session and not to the University Court; and to the 2nd Division, if you have to go beyond the Lord Ordinary. Moncrieff will be much influenced by Fraser’s opinion, whereas Inglis will be influenced, if at all, in the wrong direction. As Chancellor, however, I should think he would himself decline to sit as a Judge in a case which may come before him in the former capacity.
With kind regards from Mrs. Lorimer, believe me,
Yours very truly,
J. Lorimer.”
“16 Charlotte Square,
Edinburgh.
Friday, Oct. 13th. 1871.