Very different, but no less characteristic of the writer, is the following letter, received some months later, from Thomas Hood:—
“17, Elm Tree Road, St. John’s Wood,
1st May.
“My dear Sir,
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“I have seen so many instances of folly and ingratitude similar to those you have met with, that it would never surprise me to hear of the railway people some day, finding their trains running on so well, proposing to discharge the engines.
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“I am, my dear Sir,
“Yours very truly,
“Thomas Hood.
“R. Hill, Esq.”