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Suite of Ld Dufferin in '82; was passed on to
Sir S. Malet till his departure as Minister
at the Brussels Legation, & then to Sir Evelyn
Baring. I met him at the Station Sept '82
and as Consul General at Pt Said saw him off in a April ^May
1907. I was his private secretary all through
the Gordon Epic, & he made me Consul at
Suakin '85, & a judge of the Arab Native
Ct of Appeal '89-97. Such are my credentials
in addressing you. All the ciphering & deciphering
with Gordon was done by me & Chauncy Cartwright
or Francis Elliott. The draft instructions to Gordon
were copied out by me, signed by Baring & delivered
by me to Gordon when he called on the afternoon
of the day of his departure. I begged him to take
me. He declined. I did not know that he had