MR. TRENCH.—AN EXPLANATION.
[To THE EDITOE OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR—As you have commented severely upon an adventure de- scribed in my article on Kerry, I must ask you, in justice to Mr. Trench, to publish the following words:—
From his own humorous account, rapidly given to us that evening, I had inferred that he had desired to give the tenant an opportunity for a personal explanation with him. There were circumstances, impossible to relate, which would have made such a desire not unnatural.
The visit, however, had a more prosaic and practical motive. He wished simply, in the discharge of his natural business, to inspect the condition of the premises about to be vacated, and it appears that he did not parade opposite the drawing-room windows.
It was only by accident that the story was published in the form in which it actually appeared. I sent a proof of the page to Mr. Trench to be corrected in case I had misunderstood him. His alterations unluckily did not reach me in time.—I am, Sir, &c.,
[Everybody will receive with sincere pleasure this satisfactory explanation in relation to Mr. Trench.—En. Spectator.]
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