_Mrs. Michael Stirring to Mr. Guy Lander._
DEAR SIR,--After the way that the good name and fame of my husband
and myself have been poisoned both in the local and the London Press,
we cannot think further of coming to live at Kildin Hall. Every post
brings from one or other of my friends some paragraph perpetuating the
lie. Kindly therefore consider the negotiations completely at an end. I
am, Yours faithfully,