Yours very truly,
K. G. Evans.
(Mrs. John Evans)
(In letters which in effect decline to give a recommendation it is wiser not to set out facts or even actually to decline to give the recommendation. See [Chapter XI] on the Law of Letters. The following letter to a servant, which is an indirect way of declining to recommend, is on the danger line.)
To a servant
Harbor View,
Long Island,
August 29, 1921.
My dear Margaret,
Mrs. Hubert Forbes has written me concerning your qualifications as cook, and asks if I would recommend you in every way. Also I have your request to me for a reference.