In a letter written to Mr. Adams a week later, Leech recommends a young gentleman to the care of his friend, in the hope that if Mr. Adams has “the opportunity, he will give the applicant something to do in his profession.” The letter closes by this announcement:
“You will be glad to hear, I am sure, that Mrs. Leech, and my daughter! are both ‘going on’ famously.
“Ever, my dear Charley,
“Yours faithfully,
“John Leech.
“Given up hunting? Not a bit of it.”
“January —, 1847.
“My dear Charley,
“Mark (Lemon) and I were talking only the other day about beating up your quarters towards the end of this month; and, with your permission, if the frost goes, we intend to do so. We thought of riding down—I on the old mare; and he on a ‘seven-and-sixpenny.’...