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to the part which he had taken with regard to the 

 arrangements made between himself and the Hunt that 

 he was taking this opportunity of saying a few words in 

 order that they might know his own story in the negotia- 

 tions, and then he would leave the matter to their own 

 judgment entirely. After the death of Mr. Meynell it 

 was agreed that there were but two points where the 

 kennels could be erected, and, as there was likely to be a 

 difficulty with regard to the erection of kennels at Tut- 

 bury, he placed himself in communication with his friend 

 Lord Waterpark in regard to the erection of kennels and 

 stables at Sudbury. He consented to the erection of 

 kennels at Sudbury on the condition that they should not 

 be a nuisance to himself and family, and that the build- 

 ings should be of an architecturally presentable character ; 

 but the first estimates were, to his mind, simply absurd. 

 He told Mr. Coke that if the cost of the kennels exceeded 

 five thousand pounds he should hold himself responsible 

 for the balance. He also stipulated that his architect 

 should be employed. Just at the period when the work 

 was being done, building materials and the price of labour 

 rose fifty per cent., so that a building which had been 

 previously estimated to cost five thousand pounds would 

 cost ten thousand pounds. Besides that, a number of 

 alterations were made in the plans, and, as a set-off" against 

 these things, he extended the lease from twenty-five to 

 forty years, and recently, in making the new arrange- 

 ments for reducing the debt, he had further extended the 

 lease to sixty years without any equivalent at all. Lord 

 Vernon said he did not disguise the fact that the com- 

 mittee and himself had not been quite of accord lately, 

 but he consoled himself by the knowledge that he was 

 amongst gentlemen, and that the course of true love did 

 not always run smooth. He had no other interest but 

 the interest of the Hunt, the respectability of which he 

 desired to see continued under the same circumstances as 

 in the past. (Applause.) 



Sir William FitzHerbert said that it seemed that their 



