(Edin.), applicant for the post of Private Secretary to any one of her Majesty's Cabinet Ministers, 6 Candlish Street, Wheens, N.B .-- I, Andrew G.C.Riach, beg to offer myself as a candidate for the post of private secretary, and submit the following testimonials in my favour for your consideration.
I am twenty-five years of age, a Master of Arts of the University of Edinburgh, and a member of the Free Church of Scotland.

At the University I succeeded in carrying a bursary of 14_l._ 10_s._ per annum, tenable for four years.

I was first medallist in the class of Logic and Metaphysics, thirteenth prizeman in Mathematics, and had a certificate of merit in the class of Natural Philosophy, as will be seen from my testimonials." However, he seldom got as far as this.
It was when alone that these testimonials were his truest solace.

Had you met him in the Strand conning them over, you might have taken him for an actor.

He had a yearning to stop strangers in the streets and try a testimonial's effect on them.
Every young man is not equally unfortunate.
Riach's appearance was against him.
There was a suggestion of latent strength about him that made strangers uncomfortable.