Petherton's reply was brief. He wrote:--

SIR--Had Miss Gore-Langley chosen a better channel for the

conveyance of her wishes I should have been only too pleased to do

what I could to help. As it is, I do not care to have anything to

do with the affair.

Yours faithfully,

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