31 Sackville St <1>
Dear Sir
I looked in Du Cange, <2> he has no such word as Cumblum; he has gista but only in the sense of the three Night’s [sic] lodging which the Kings of France had a right to demand wherever they travelled, which is evidently the modern French word gîte.
Believe me Yours truly
H. F. Talbot
Notes:
1. Probably Anglicus Ducange, The Vulgar Tongue: comprising two glossaries of slang, cant, and flash words and phrases, principally used in London at the present day (London: 1857).
2. 31 Sackville Street, London residence of the Feildings, often used as a London base by WHFT.