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Sunday Jan. 4 1910

70, ELM PARK ROAD,
CHELSEA, S.W.

My dear Buchan,

On first reading your flattering letter
I exclaimed to myself 'The laddie is in a creel' -
an expression I often heard my old Scottish
Grandmother apply to myself - but after a
second perusal Vanity led me to say - 'But
what if the laddie should happen to
be right' - A third perusal brought me
to my senses & I feel I cannot accept all
you say as more than an expression of
friendship & goodwill.

I am too old now to worry
about my little books, although I admit at
intervals of 5 years I can re-read them
with pleasure. As for the "learning"