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that you have not got already, so I am in hopes I shall please 
you equally by sending your wife a small ornament. Kindly 
ask Mrs. Archer to excuse my sending her a present without 
having made her acquaintance, and tell her I shall be much 
pleased if she \\ill accept it with my best wishes for both your 
future happiness. I cannot wish you greater luck than that 
your married life may be as happy as mine is, 
" Your sincere friend, 
" Lascelles." 
" Telegraph Truro, 
"Tregothnan, Probus. 
" Dear Archer, 
" I had not an opportunity to choose you a wedding 
present until I came through London a day or two ago, but 
I have desired Messrs. Lambert to send you a pair of silver 
hand candlesticks, which please accept with my best wishes 
for the future happiness of Mrs. Archer and yourself. 
" Believe me, 
" Yours very truly, 
" February 22, 1883." " Hugh Boscawen. 
For weeks beforehand Archer's wedding was the one talk 
of Newmarket, which, as the day drew near, was in a state of 
simmering excitement. It was not merely his riding, but by 
dint of his magnetic personality he had become one of the 
most prominent men in the town. Excursions were run from 
many of the surrounding villages and towns, and the church 
was packed an hour before the ceremony. 
Among the relatives and wedding guests who had seats in 
the chancel were : Mr. and Mrs. Mathew Dawson, Mr. Charles 
Archer and Mrs. Archer, sen., Mr. George Dawson, Mr. John 
Dawson, jun., Mr. and Mrs. T. S. Dawson, Mr. and Mrs. John 
Porter, Miss Tait, Mr. Archer, senr., and Mrs. C. Archer, Mr. 
and Mrs. F. Bates, Mr. and Mrs. Sutherland, Mr. and Mrs. J. 
