![DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870). Autograph letter signed ('Charles Dickens') to [Sir Francis Clare] Ford, Tavistock House, 20 April 1855, drafted on rectos, 1½ pages, 8vo, bifolium, laid down with an engraved portrait.](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2014/CSK/2014_CSK_05388_0010_000(dickens_charles_autograph_letter_signed_to_sir_francis_clare_ford_tavi012614).jpg?w=1)
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DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870). Autograph letter signed ('Charles Dickens') to [Sir Francis Clare] Ford, Tavistock House, 20 April 1855, drafted on rectos, 1½ pages, 8vo, bifolium, laid down with an engraved portrait.
A whimsical letter to the diplomat Clare Ford (1828–1899), evidently a close acquaintance. 'Enclosed is formal testimony that I will, with the leave of Heaven, keep my vow. And if in the profoundest secrecy I may connect the name of Baring with the word Failure, I waft you this breath of suspicion that he broke down in his rare Spanish Wine when we dined there together so admirably. I look to you with a serene confidence, and hope I shall come to the consideration of those two vintages in a prepared frame of mind'. Ford was a distinguished diplomat who served across Europe, North and South America, and Russia.
A whimsical letter to the diplomat Clare Ford (1828–1899), evidently a close acquaintance. 'Enclosed is formal testimony that I will, with the leave of Heaven, keep my vow. And if in the profoundest secrecy I may connect the name of Baring with the word Failure, I waft you this breath of suspicion that he broke down in his rare Spanish Wine when we dined there together so admirably. I look to you with a serene confidence, and hope I shall come to the consideration of those two vintages in a prepared frame of mind'. Ford was a distinguished diplomat who served across Europe, North and South America, and Russia.