Dear Mr WHBM
Please do not presume to try and teach me grammar. A public school education taught me qUite clearly that "u" follows "q".
However, if you wish to defend the confused daubings of antipodean internees, that is your business.
To all - I feel I must now draw a veil over this correspondence.
Your felicitations have given me some small comfort so I have decided to put the terrors of August to one side and concentrate on imminent journeys.
Lord King (for surely his guiding hand is still at the helm) has sent tickets inviting me to use his carriage for transportation to the Occident later this week. Lord Branson (matter of time), a similar request for conveyance to the Orient the following week.
Of course, I shall pay my way. As Nanny used to say "Despite the fancy titles dear, they're still just trade".