MY DEAR VICAR,--Thanks for yours. I am very sorry you have been
called away at such a time.
The first meeting was so successful that a second was fixed for
Wednesday. But enthusiasm seemed to flag on Wednesday evening, as
nothing of interest had been discovered.
A few die-hards agreed to put in some hours' digging on Thursday,
when Colonel Stacey and Mrs. Cottingham each dug up a Roman bronze
coin (both denarii, I fancy) from the mound. This of course acted as
a great stimulant, and we had a bumper meeting on Friday. Stacey, I
understand, intends to read a paper, at the first indoor meeting of
the society, on the Roman occupation of Filby-in-the-Wold. The mound
is now levelled, and the wall foundations have all been dug up and
carted away; but the latter yielded nothing of interest.
Hoping that the Conference is going as you would wish,