Wishing you all success and with kind regards to yourself and Mrs.
Knott,
I am,
Yours ever sincerely,
THEODORE BLAND.
MY DEAR VICAR,--Thanks for yours. I am very sorry you have been
called away at such a time.
The first meeting was so successful that a second was fixed for
Wednesday. But enthusiasm seemed to flag on Wednesday evening, as
nothing of interest had been discovered.
A few die-hards agreed to put in some hours' digging on Thursday,
when Colonel Stacey and Mrs. Cottingham each dug up a Roman bronze
coin (both denarii, I fancy) from the mound. This of course acted as
a great stimulant, and we had a bumper meeting on Friday. Stacey, I
understand, intends to read a paper, at the first indoor meeting of
the society, on the Roman occupation of Filby-in-the-Wold. The mound
is now levelled, and the wall foundations have all been dug up and
carted away; but the latter yielded nothing of interest.
Hoping that the Conference is going as you would wish,
I am,
Yours sincerely,
ARCHIBALD C. KNOTT.
P.S.--Couldn't you touch up the Bishop on the subject of the Convent
tube?
DEAR VICAR,--We have had an archaeological strike.
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