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[Carlton Club letterhead struck out]

38 Eaton Place S.W.

12 Dec. 1913

Dear Mr Buchan

I have been reading yr. "Montrose" with real delight (at its spirit & élan) - very slowly & wanting to ask you questions on almost every page. I was brought up at the feet of Mark Napier, in my ten years of The Parliament House 1860-70 - the dear old untrustworthy prejudiced fellow!

I live within a few miles (as you know) of Inverlochy (I hate its modern bastard name of Fort William - as I hate the nomenclature of its bastard brothers, Fort Augustus and Fort George - The "William", the "Augustus", and the "George" are gone (Thank Heaven!) The "Forts" are gone (Thank Heaven still more!) Let

us erase the insolent, out-of-date names! & go back to Inverlochy, for the Inver & the Lochy are still there, as before! (You see how un-prejudiced I am.)

To protect you from the burden of answering this rhodomontade in any detail, I (and my wife) wish you & Mrs Buchan (whom I constantly & naturally associate with her beloved & honoured father, my dear old friend Norman Grosvenor) would dine with us on

Friday the 19th at 8.

Will you?

Yours sincerely

Charles Stewart

I shall first approach The MacKintosh, Lieutenant of the County in which all the Forts lie, & try to get his aid. He is a sound Unionist & may like the job.