He was aware of her Suffragist activities and guessed she might want it occasionally for eluding the police on trips abroad .-- H.H.J.] One reason I have in writing this letter--a letter I hope you will burn after you have read and noted its contents--is to ask you to lend me for a while the services of Bertie Adams as clerk.

Of course I shall insist on paying his salary whilst I employ him, and indemnifying him for anything he may suffer in my service--that of the W.S.P.U.

I am fairly well off for money now.

Besides the funds the W.S.P.U.

places at my disposal, I have the interest on mother's Ten Thousand pounds, and she would give me more if I asked for it.