Davies writes about Meynell wishing to meet with BR, and being referred to Davies. "I said that we had told Mr. Meynell and Mr. Lloyd all that there was to be told, and that I had advised Lord Russell that he was right in deciding not to meet Mr. Meynell, because no bargaining was possible, and no negotiations could have any effective result, but that if Mr. Meynell or Mr. Lloyd had anything which they wished to communicate to Lord Russell, they could tell me, and I would pass it on. Mr. Meynell said that he considered this attitude was that of an obscurantist and litigious person, and that if I persisted in it he and Mr. Lloyd would take all steps to oppose the application in the Chancery proceedings."

Davies writes that Meynell and Lloyd plan to change their solicitors for the Chancery actions.