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7th January 1925.

My dear Lady Minto.

I have just read John Buchan's "Lord Minto" and cannot refrain from sending you my sincere congratulations on giving to the world the story of so splendid a life. You must be proud of such a record... ... does not one hope with all one's soul that somehow beyond the Veil he knows that his life's work has met with the appreciation that is its due, and that now indeed he may say "I am content".

I read of his latter days with a lump in my throat, grieving that the rest from his labours after his splendid service to King and Country should be of such cruelly short duration.

You had year upon year of a wonderful companionship, and the proud thought of what you and he together achieved must be like a torch to

light you along the dark shadow of evening, and help you along the road.

Yours ever, Arthur Lawley.