LXVIII Sir Smithfield Mark to Brian Field
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My Dear Field,—By a most extraordinary chance, I do know of a man in the country—and the desired country at that—Herefordshire, in fact. He is a Bart’s contemporary and a very old friend, and he not only needs a holiday but is going to take one with me. Everything is arranged. I have secured him by holding you out as the best possible substitute. I am grateful to you for writing to me, for it is too long since we went away together and too long since I threw a fly in Sutherland, where we are going.
Communicate with him direct: Sinclair Ferguson, Kington, Herefordshire.—I am, yours sincerely,
Smithfield Mark