Next thing I did was 86 to write out a wire to Beresford saying where I was, and that I was laid up with a sprained foot, and telling him to come down if he wasn't busy.
The foot was not injured at all. 
mnli hypothesis: The foot was not injured at all.  premise: Next thing I did was 86 to write out a wire to Beresford saying where I was, and that I was laid up with a sprained foot, and telling him to come down if he wasn't busy.