I K Brunel wrote the following to the owners of the refreshment rooms on Swindon station,
” Dear Sir,
I assure you Mr Player* was wrong in supposing that I thought you purchased inferior coffee. I thought I said to him that I was surprised you should buy such bad roasted corn. I did not believe that you had such a thing as coffee in the place; I am certain that I never tasted any. I have long ceased to make complaints at Swindon. I avoid taking anything there when I can help it.
Yours faithfully,
I K Brunel.”
* The manager