290 The Life of Fred Archer 
people with whom Archer was most intimately connected 
on the racecourse and elsewhere. 
" I, Powis Square, Brighton. 
" Dear Mrs. Coleman, " November 9th, 1886. 
" I must send one or two lines to say how deeply 
grieved I am at the sad news which the evening papers brought 
me last night. 
" I was at Worcester, where I had gone to preach, and I 
am writing now at Oxford on my way home to Brighton. My 
sons saw your brother in Brighton last week, and three months 
ago his little daughter, so like himself in face, paid us a visit 
one morning. It will be in the future some comfort to you to 
read, as I have been reading to-day in all the papers, the evi- 
dence which they write to supply of the universal affection, 
as well as admiration, with which he was regarded. 
" I am unable to think of anything else, and most deeply 
do I sympathise with you as with all those nearest to him who 
are mourning one so deeply loved. 
" Forgive my intrusion even with these few words at such 
a time, but I could not remain silent. 
" Believe me, very sincerely yours, 
"J. Baghot De la Bere." 
" Burghley Paddocks, 
" The Lady Anne's House, 
" St. Martin's, Stamford. 
" My Dear Madam, "November 8, 1886. 
" Since receiving your telegram I have heard the most 
melancholy news of your brother's death, and I beg you will 
accept Lady Rosslyn's and my sincere sympathy. 
" I have known him from quite a boy, and I was personally 
sincerely attached to him, and although so much younger 
than I am, I feel that I have lost a friend. He was a very 
remarkable man of singular energy, and would have made a 
