WCP560

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New & Co.

Ladies' & Gentlemens' | High Class Tailors.¹

The Arcade,

Bournemouth.

16 January 1909

Sir,

We beg herewith to hand you the Dress Waistcoat, which, we trust will be found quite satisfactory.

We regret very much to say that the "eye" has not been found. The workshop had been searched in every possible way without result, and after close questioning the workman admitted that he took the eye & hook off and placed them in his mouth for safety whilst he was preparing the Ends of the Ribbon, he cannot understand how it happened, but he swallowed [2] the eye & was afraid to say so, for fear of being "chaffed" by his fellow workman. It is extremely annoying, & we are very sorry about it. We can only say that we shall be very pleased to have an eye made to match the hook at your convenience —.

We are sir, | Your Obed[ien]^t S[er]v[an]ts | New & Co [signature]

D^r. Alfred Russell [sic] Wallace