I despatched a letter to Lord Kitchener on this day, in which the following passage occurs:- "I feel very seriously the absolute necessity for retaining in my hands complete independence of action and power to retire towards my base should circumstances render it necessary."
"1914"
John French, Viscount of Ypres
The letter had not arrived by the ordinary post, although Dorothea had spoken of it as already despatched.
"An Unknown Lover"
Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey
On the very next Saturday afternoon, therefore, Mrs Rendell attired herself in calling array, was carefully surveyed by a critical audience, pronounced to be a "credit to the family," and despatched to the Grange, with a score of divergent instructions as to what to do, what to say, and, above all, how to lay the foundation-stone of a future intimacy.
"A Houseful of Girls"
Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey