I desire to have a small audience, not more than twenty, consisting of working men who belong to Lambeth.
Attendance will be at my invitation, of course without any kind of charge.

You have been mentioned to me as one likely to be interested in the subject I propose to deal with.

I permit myself to send you a printed syllabus of the course, and to say that it will give me great pleasure if you are able to attend.

I should like to arrange for two lectures weekly, each of an hour's duration; the days I leave undecided, also the hour, as I wish to adapt these to the convenience of my hearers.

If you feel inclined to give thought to the matter, will you meet me at the lecture-room at eight o'clock on the evening of Sunday, August 16, when we could discuss details?
The lectures themselves had better, I should think, begin with the month of September.
'Reply to this is unnecessary; I hope to have the pleasure of meeting you on the 16th .-- Believe me to be yours very truly, 'WALTER EGREMONT.' 'Ah, this is what Ackroyd was speaking of on Saturday,' Gilbert remarked, holding the letter to his mother.