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New Club Edinburgh 1787
18.12.11
My Dear John,
I really don't know why I shouldn't add another to my already numerous responsibilites in the Godfather line. I am only too proud to be chosen with such a distinguished colleague (you will remember my anecdote) about White'all)
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& for the Son & heir of yourself and Susie.
By the way I met Lord Robert Cecil and was captivated.
I begin to think I may have even been severe & unjust in my strictures upon Winterton.
Anyhow in the former case I formed an unjust prejudice against the man
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& am singing my silent palinode to myself. We met at Pollok this week-end.
What is the man child to be called? Who votes for John? I must be allowed to celebrate his naming by a modest gift. I hold with you that such excrescences as godparents are eminently disposable but still have a picturesque medieval flavour about them.
To conclude, I am really much flattered by this mark of your friendship and wish you and yours as Happy an Xmas as recent sorrows admit of and a better 1912
Ever yours
Stair A Gillon
