TAA i.3.14.12

will probably [be] more white waistcoats

than black ones. There may also be a 

good many in dinner jackets.

          I had intended to tell you my solution

of the red gold when I wrote before but found

I had left myself too little time before the 

post closed. It is simply that Iron Pyrites

had been, most likely inadvertently, added

to a smelting of the gold. It has been, even

to the present day, mistaken for a gold ore.

This would not only account for the 

iron in the gold but also for the total

absence of copper and the small percentage

of silver, and moreover would not require

an abnormally high temperature. I had

hoped to confirm this by an actual trial

before now but hope to do so tomorrow forenoon.

I hope to have your views on this tomorrow.

          Kindest regards, yours very truly,

                                        Alexander Scott.