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“I am, my dear Charley,
“Yours faithfully,
“John Leech.
“C. F. Adams, Esq.”
“32, Brunswick Square, “Saturday, January 21, 1854.
“My dear Charley,
“Thank you for your note. I can’t come down to-morrow, but I hope after next week to make up for lost time. I have got through some work that has been fidgeting me. I shall have a little more leisure. The meet on Monday is Dassett’s, I see, so pray give it the mare; I have been so queer myself that I shall want her particularly ‘tranquil.’ I have sacrificed the moustaches for fear of frightening the horses in the field. They were getting too tremendous.
“If, if I can get away next week at all, depend upon it I will, for I want fresh air and a little horse exercise.
“With kindest regards, old fellow,