298 The Life of Fred Archer 
"51, Green Street, 
"Grosvenor Square, W. 
" Tuesday, November 9th, 1886. 
" Dear Mrs. Coleman, 
" I scarcely know how to write to you so as to be able 
in some way to express my intense feelings of sympathy with 
you and the rest of his family at the terribly sudden death of 
your poor brother ; it seems so impossible to believe that one 
who only on Thursday last was with us should have been 
snatched away so suddenly. Truly, we may say ' We shall 
never see his like again,' for not only did all his employers look 
on him as a most exemplary servant, but also regarded him in 
the light of a sincere friend. I should much like to know the 
date and time of the funeral, as I should like to send a wreath, 
and if my doctor will allow me (for I have been very unwell 
myself for the last fortnight), to come down and attend the 
last sad obsequies of one whom I shall never see or hear again. 
" BeUeve me, dear Mrs. Coleman, 
" Yours very truly, 
" H. H. HUNGERFORD." 
"Kensington Palace, W. 
" Dear Mrs. Coleman, " January 19. 
" I was so glad to hear from you, for I have so often 
thought of you, and felt so deeply for the great sorrow that has 
fallen on your life. You say truly how true a sympathiser, 
and I may say fellow-mourner, you have in me, for your brother 
was to us a friend we shall regret to the last day of our lives. 
Neither Col. Chaine or I have been to a race-meeting since his 
death, for it seemed too melancholy. If you come to London, 
do come and see me. Write me a line and tell me when 3'ou 
are coming. I am so glad dear little Nell is well. I shall look 
forward so to seeing her when I go to Newmarket ; it is for- 
tunate the poor Uttle child is too young to realise her double 
loss in, first, the mother, and then the father. 
