Sir My regrets on not replying to your letter of several weeks ago, but I confess to having been extremely busy with the responsibilities of switching regiments and settling into a new command. I would be happy to introduce you to some of the delights of gay Paris on my return from the front, although I will no doubt still have much work to do, even then. However, the army grapevine has it that you are to duel some Major from the Archduke Leopold Cuirassiers? If so, and should you be lacking a second in September, please feel free to call upon my services: I would be only too happy to hold your coat and provide the services of my club for a recuperative drink afterwards. Should there be anything else with which I might help you, just let me know and I will see what I can do. Yours Jean de Lacey Captain A Company Commanding Royal Foot Guards
