He is, indeed, quite invaluable to me in managing these refractory people, and were it not for his aid and vigor, I could not have been able to send your lordship the last remittance.

He is truly zealous in your cause, but I regret to say, that I am not likely to be able to avail myself long of his services.

He is about taking a large farm in a different part of the country with a view to marriage, a circumstance which just now occasions me much anxiety of mind, as he will be a serious loss to both your lordship and me.

I am also looking out for an under agent, but cannot find one to my satisfaction.

Will your lordship be kind enough to acknowledge the remittance of last week?
"I have the honor to be, my lord, "Val M'C." Lord Cumber to Val M'C, Esq.:-- "Dear Sir: "The check came safely to hand, and seasonably, and the oftener I receive such communications the better.