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The Founders of Canterbury

John Hutt, Esq.Reigate, 8th October, 1849

John Hutt, Esq.Reigate, 8th October, 1849.

My Dear Hutt,

—The inclosed copy of a letter sent thia morning to Adderley, might, I think, be shown, without page 122indiscretion, to so good and candid a man as Lord Lyttelton.

Godley must not see it, or know of it.

The whole truth of the matter lies in a nutshell. Godley's friends saw distinctly what ought to be done; but they did not see that in this instance Godley could not do the work, and, being accustomed, as all associated men are, to see the work done by one man, they expect that it will be done by Nobody. Nobody failing them, they throw upon Godley work which it is cruel to set him upon, and he cannot do.

So, I expect, the whole Canterbury affair will go to ruin, and Godley be struck down by a bitter mortification, because, in this case, the one man who really does the work in every affair is not forthcoming.