"I enclose herewith a cheque for the Commissioners of Inland Revenue for £1359.17.8 and a cheque for £105 to you for the considerable work that you have to do in my behalf." BR asks about his tax certificates. Some entries in his bank book "represent not earnings but free gifts to be spent on public objects and not on myself." It is now likely that the Russells will "escape the clutches of the law".