MS Westcountry Studies Library, Exeter/ Yonge 1859/11

My dear Miss Smith
I should say if you made it, his squire, it would do. One says – Oh his squire is Sir Charles or Lord H – meaning that such a relation exists between landowner and parson – though on the other hand the gentleman may not be exactly an Esquire. It is rather a cockney printer’s objection, but there is some sense in it. Sir Hector belongs to the Squirearchy, and though not an esquire is Mr Arnold’s Squire from his territorial relations

So I should think his squire would be all right. I am so glad to see the book fairly started. Kelso St John meets with great applause. I beg your pardon, I have put his name backwards, but I am writing on my knees by firelight so excuse blunders

yours sincerely
C M Yonge