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were by no means of a serious character, and contained 

 no particle of malice. Mr J. Manfield has now the 

 original letter, and will possibly discover the writer, 

 whom at present, however, I freely congratulate on 

 his or her success. 



I need only add here that Mr Labouchere never 

 knew that I had not been victimised by some practical 

 joker just as he was, and I never heard more from 

 Mr Manfield, though I have reason to bless the 

 pre-war boots made by the firm of which, I presume 

 he was a member, and, I hope, still is. 



