GENERAL GROSVENOR. 65 



He wrote a most amusing letter, and could descant 

 upon the merits of a screw till he would persuade a 

 friend that he was all right. 



It happened one day that, after a deal of per- 

 suasive eloquence, he sold a horse to a friend of 

 his named Conyers, who, after having ridden him 

 two or three times, found that he was blind of an 

 eye. Of course he was much mortified and vexed 

 and so forth, and wrote a letter to the General to 

 express this feeling ; and at the same time told him 

 that he ought, and that he should expect him, to 

 take the horse back and return the money. 



The General's answer was short, pithy, and to the 

 purpose, and these were his words : 



" DEAR CONYERS, If the horse had not eyes, you 

 had. " Yours truly, 



" T. GROSVENOR." 



He, however, never returned him the money, and 

 the horse was sold at Tattersall's for what he would 

 fetch. 



Amongst the General's other accomplishments he 

 was a bit of a poet, and often wrote some really clever 

 verses. He had a favourite black horse, which, from 

 having bought him from a butcher, he named Black 



