Letter from Edith Villiers to Sampson Low
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line 1: Last July Lady Lytton
line 2: sent Messrs Sampson
line 3: and Lowe a post office
line 4: order for 0. 12shillings. 6pence – to
line 5: forward to her a book
line 6: called "The Gentle Life"
line 7: which they were then
line 8: advertising as readyPage 2
line 1: but as everything in this
line 2: accursed country is a
line 3: falsehood, a sham or
line 4: a swindle; of course it was
line 5: not ready; and they wrote
line 6: back it would not be
line 7: out, till September, when
line 8: it would be sent. It
line 9: is now the 12th of October
line 10: the book is out, and
line 11: has not been sent; nor
line 12: does she now, in thePage 3
line 1: least wish to have it,
line 2: being better acquainted
line 3: with the real character
line 4: of its author, and heartily
line 5: sick of the persisted
line 6: fine sentiments and
line 7: noble thoughts of
line 8: literary ?? whose
line 9: practise is everything
line 10: that is false, hollow,
line 11: nearly double-dealing,
line 12: and time-sending; best
line 13: who are for that very reason
line 14: quite worthy of a country Page 4
line 1: which could be guilty of an
line 2: apotheosis, of such an
line 3: ineffable blackguard
line 4: as the Pothouse Plutarch
line 5: defunct Mr Dickens.
line 6: Therefore Lady Lytton
line 7: will thank Messrs Sampson
line 8: and Lowe to return her
line 9: the 12/6, which will do to
line 10: buy a few more loaves for
line 11: the poor French soldiers,
line 12: and which not being her
line 13: Publishers Messrs Sampson
line 14: and Lowe, have no right
line 15: to swindle her out of.
line 16: Brenton Villa
line 17: Taunton October
line 18: the 12th 1870