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can “form no opinion of the discovery.”* The point is a very 
small one, hardly of interest, but why should there be any mystery, 
why should information asked for, if known, be withheld. The 
address can be easily found in the Bath Directory of the time and 
is now confirmed by the wills quoted. 
After being entertained to luncheon lord Dufferin was driven 
round the city, duly visited Portland Place, and then passed on 
to Claverton Down to see the site of the duel. Here a spot 
“supposed” to be that where was fought the Du Barry duel was 
selected and with some little ceremony shown as “ probably ”— 
the “probably” being kept in the back ground—the place for 
the Mathews-Sheridan one. Yet the duel did not take place 
there. As all this however was done in good faith the actors 
therein should they now feel a little sore or vexed have only to 
thank Mrs. H. Lefanu for one of her “lucid and conclusive” 
facts. 
* Bath Herald 9 Sept 1898. 
