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28 was scarcely announced before Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke had begun work on his new country place, Mohair.

I have oftentimes been led to consider the relevancy of this chapter, and have finally decided to insert it. I concluded that the actual narrative of how Mr. Cooke came to establish his country-place near Asquith would be interesting, and likewise throw some light on that gentleman’s character. And I ask the reader’s forbearance for the necessary personal history involved. Had it not been for Mr. Cooke’s friendship for me I should not have written these pages.