Dear Sir,—I fear you will think me very presumptuous,
in placing myself before you as candidate for the succession to the Provostship
of King’s in the present vacancy. But as I thought I discerned, when I
had the happiness of seeing you, that the ‘elements were mixed in
you,’ and that a large portion of the milk of human kindness was
combined with your other high talents and attainments, I trust that whatever
may be the part FRIENDSHIP WITH MRS. LEIGH. 285
