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of the funeral, and showed real sympathy and interest in 
speaking of the deplorable event. 
" I hope you are feeling better. 
" With continued sympathy, 
" I remain, yours sincerely, 
" Gertrude Clay Ker Seymer." 
" Godolphin House, 
" Newmarket. 
" Dear Mrs. Coleman, " November 19. 
" I wish you could tell me that the change had done 
you any good. I do feel so sorry for you, and the loss is so 
great to everyone that it is impossible to forget it for a moment. 
I hate bothering you about this autograph, but when H.R.H. 
takes an interest in anything he never rests till he gets it ; 
he has asked me a dozen times if I have not been able to get it 
for him ; if, therefore, you can let me have it in the course of 
an hour, I could then take it to him at Herringswell, where he is 
shooting, and where I join him for luncheon. Pray forgive 
me. 
" Yours sincerely, 
" Gertrude Clay Ker Seymer." 
" I have only just got your message about the baby ; the 
Prince goes up from Rennett Station after shooting, so will 
not be back in Newmarket. If you did not think the drive 
too far, I am sure he would be pleased if her nurse could bring 
her to Herringswell Lodge at about two o'clock, but I shall say 
nothing about it." 
Lord Arthur Grosvenor wrote on February 12, 1923 : 
" I saw a great deal of Archer, and he was a charming man 
to meet, and never got spoilt. He won two Derbies for my 
father, on Ormonde and Bend Or ; on the latter he could only 
