Ervine has searched for the origin of the statement made by BR which he quoted in the Belfast Telegraph on 8 October 1955, but cannot find it. He writes: "I hope that you do not feel that the quotation was made offensively. You have had so much influence on my mind that, in sheer self-defence, I have to find some ground of disagreement between us, so that I may convince myself that I have a mind of my own." He promises to send the reference once he has found it.