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untruthful to the country and unjust
to me, I am deceived in my estimate
of their meaning. I did not, I may
say, wish to act on the Civil Service Board,
and indeed I have been not without suspicion
that it was a trap set for me (on the idea
that I should speak independently if
I spoke at all) when I was so eagerly
pressed to act upon the Board. I
think it was a cowardly thing towards your
brother to inform him a few days before
the Parliament met, that they would not
meet me again, and consequently that unless
he yielded to their wiles he should have
no Executive Council at all. They tried
the same curt method with Grimes
the Auditor General a week or two after
but his office did not afford them occasion
for such a coup-de-main, and more
time was taken up, and before Grimes'
defence was received Sir H Barkly
arrived, and the matter was decided
not as Haines wished.

I don't think a ministry has a right