Item 19 - Letter from R. C. Trevelyan to Sir George Trevelyan

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Trin[ity] Col[lege] Cam[bridge - on college notepaper]:- Thanks his father for his letter and 'the bill'; by their arrangement, £16 is for Charlie 'as soon as he likes to claim it', at which point Robert will give him a cheque. Thinks it will probably be simplest for him to 'manage the societies [of the Inns of Court]' himself; can do that some time next week and will 'take steps at once'. Will tell his father to whom he should make out the cheque on Sunday, but expects it will be the Treasurer, whose name he cannot remember at present.

Made an 'allusion' in his last letter to his mother [46/5], which he expects his father did not understand, referring to the 'cursing of [Henry John?] Roby which Robert 'witnessed last Saturday at the Apostles', to which he has been chosen. Is 'very much gratified though not a little astonished', since his 'metaphysical knowledge and capacity is quite as deficient' as his father's was; the Apostles are 'not by any means exclusively metaphysical', though the 'daily expected' reappearance of McTaggart will 'probably make them more so'. Would like to talk to his father about the society and members when he next gets a chance. It will not take up too much of his time, and he will not have to write a paper for a while. Blake was here yesterday, and 'made a great impression'.