190 The Life of Fred Archer 
a remembrance, which I am sure you will accept with my best 
wishes for your future happiness. 
" Yours. 
" Vienna." " Count Festetics. 
" Tregothnan, Probus, 
" Cornwall. 
" February 4, 1883. 
" Dear Archer, 
" I write a few lines to wish you all the joy in the 
world on your marriage. You must both of you be heartily 
glad all the fag and turmoil of the ceremony is over, and that 
you are now able to settle down together in quietness. May 
you long enjoy a prosperous and happy life. I was glad to 
hear that my wedding present arrived in time— for the fact is, 
just as I was about some time ago to send you one, I discovered 
your other friends had ordered the very same things I had 
fetched over as being most likely to be useful to you. I was 
not able, therefore, to have what I sent engraved, so when we 
next meet you must tell me what you would like put upon them 
and I will have it done. 
" Perhaps you may have more of them and you may wish 
to change them for others. With repeated kindest wishes and 
best regards to Mrs. Archer, 
" I remain, 
" Faithfully yours, 
" Falmouth." 
" Jockey Club Rooms, 
" Newmarket. 
" Dear Archer, 
" I send herewith a little wedding present, rather 
late, but as I was not in London all the winter I was unable to 
get it for you, as I should like to have done, at the time of 
your marriage. I could not think of anything for yourself 
