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Letter from Norman Leys to Leonard Woolf (09/05/1926)
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[embossed letterhead] BRAILSFORD. NR DERBY.

 

9th May 1926

 

Dear Woolf,

 

I shall certainly consult you before doing anything.

 

The only person who encourages me to sue the Daily Express is Sir Robert Hamilton! I suppose the reason is that he is the only one to whom I wrote who knows of his own knowledge that I am right – or rather Chamberlain – and Delamere a liar. I have asked Hamilton to suggest a name or names of counsel – abo what counselling costs!

 

 

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If I go up to see such a person I shall hope to see you too.

 

I suppose I feel this more than I should. Who the devil set[?] Mr. Martin to judge me or anybody else? Is it right to issue official verdicts of a totally non judicial kind?

 

Yours sincerely | Norman Leys [signature]