20 FEBRUARY 1948, Page 17

PITT'S LAST WORDS

Sm,—In your article on University M.P.s in the issue of February 13th you refer to Mr. Pitt's dying words, " How I love my country." Surely it was he who spoke the notable last words, " Bring me one of Mr.

Bellamy's veal pies."—Yours truly, J. W. Timms. The Vicarage, Buckfastleigh.

[That is the question. Some authorities say one thing, some the other. That is why the utterance was described as " disputed."—En., The Spectator.]