_June 25._
_My dear Guy,_
_I enclose the balance of the sum I gave you, and I hope it will
have been enough to pay all the debts at which you hinted in your
last letter. I do not think it would be fair to you to hamper you
with any more money. In fact, I trust you have already made up your
mind not to ask for any._
_You'll be sorry to hear that Wilkinson has fallen ill and must go
abroad at once. This makes it imperative for me to know at once if
you are coming to help me next September. If you are, I'm afraid I
must ask you to come here immediately and take Wilkinson's place
this term. I'm sorry to drag you away from your country estate, but
I cannot go to the bother of getting a temporary master and then
begin again with you in September. It unsettles the boys too much.
So if you want to come in September, you must come now. You will
only miss a month of your house and I hope that during the seven
weeks of the summer holidays you will be able to transfer yourself
comfortably and abandon it for ever._
_Take a day to think over my proposal and telegraph your answer
to-morrow._
_Your affectionate father,