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Quebec

Mr. Mayor ,

In the name of my wife and myself I thank you sincerely
for your warm and gracious words of welcome to your beautiful city. I
have listened with pleasure to your tribute of loyalty to the King,
whom I have the honour to represent. Here in Quebec is the gate of Canada,
the portal by which the Old World made one of its most dramatic
entries into the New. For beauty of natural situation, for dignity
of design, for historic interest, I know of no capital which
excels yours - not even my own city of Edinburgh, and I
assure you, from a Scotsman, that is no small tribute.

I am delighted to think, Mr. Mayor, that it will be my
good fortune to live here in the Citadel for some part of each
year and to enjoy at leisure the beauties of your city and the
friendship of your people.