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This letter was written by [[Arthur Conan Doyle]] from Windlesham, Crowborough, Sussex, to Mr. Fiennes on 14 january [1917~1920] about his preface of H. W. Wilson's ''Convicted Out of Her Own Mouth: The Record of German Crimes'' which was published in 1917 by ''Hodder & Stoughton''.<br />
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== Letter ==<br />
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Jan 14<br />
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Dear Mr. Fiennes<br />
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The enclosed letter ends the whole of our enterprise. We could not possibly take the responsibility of going on.<br />
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I have put in about ten days work & had it half done; <s>but</s> since it has ended though no fault of mine I feel that I am justified in asking you to send my spent (Mr. Watt of 10 Norfolk St., W.C.) a fee of 100 guineas.<br />
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A good cause of action for you, if I may suggest it, would be to issue Wilson's "Out of her own mouth" (Hodder & Stoughton) with my preface to it. That preface I could adapt to the new circumstances. Then spread that broadcast. I would enlarge the preface.<br />
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Also I think that Lusitania picture and other such pictures, including the cover of the <s>Strand</s> "Wide World" which you sent me, should be put up in mention works.<br />
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I must now return to my real work which is The History of the War.<br />
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: Yours sincerely<br />
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:: A. Conan Doyle<br />
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