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unhesitatingly agreed. I forget the title or 

 the special object of the pamphlet, but on 

 looking into it we found it was full of matter 

 which was distinctly libellous of the whole 

 bench of judges, and after taking counsel's 

 opinion we refused to publish it. The dear 

 old gentleman was perfectly furious. He im- 

 mediately brought an action against us for 

 breach of contract, and he lost his case. 



I may add that I have read the Baroness 

 de Bertouch's Life of Father Ignatius (com- 

 piled before his death). I find it very 

 brightly written and intensely interesting. It 

 is quite beyond my province to discuss the 

 many questions involved in it. I will only 

 say that it has left on my mind a feeling 

 of great admiration for the simple-minded, 

 earnest, lovable character of " The Monk of 

 Llanthony." 



We were glad to have had the opportunity 

 of paying this hurried visit to a place so 

 renowned. Our homeward path was more 

 interesting than the outward, because the mist, 

 which had for the most part hidden the hill- 

 crests and the distant views, had now cleared 

 away, and we found that in the morning we 



