Meynell told Dora he would write to BR regarding BR's proposed employment of the Helms, which Meynell had told Dora he'd spoken to BR about, to which BR responded that it was his own affair. Meynell writes, "Not as a matter of reason, then, or of right ..." and asks BR, on Dora's behalf, to reconsider. The Helms gave evidence against Dora.