Note 130 — Chapter XXI · THE ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL
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A very true friend was Lord Aberdare. Here is a delightful letter written a few months later:
“Glen Tulchan, Advie, N.B.
June 23. 1877.
Dear Miss Jex-Blake,—I yield to your request—an annual subscription of £10. 10s. for 5 years, including the present—but with the same Caveat which St. Peter made to Pope Gregory when he prayed that that virtuous heathen Trajan might be admitted into Paradise viz ‘that you make no more such requests.’ For I find extreme difficulty in refusing applications for so good a work, and my ‘engagements’ are heavy. By this post I must send a reluctant refusal to the hardworking promoter of an excellent work.
Ever sincerely Yours,
Aberdare.”