saidTarrionThenheleft,andtheStrongMandepartedtoseehowtheappointmentwastobeblocked……
Followedapauseofelevendays;withthundersandlightningsandmuchtelegraphingTheappointmentwasnotaveryimportantone,carryingonlybetweenRs500andRs700amonth;but,astheViceroysaid,itwastheprincipleofdiplomaticsecrecythathadtobemaintained,anditwasmorethanlikelythataboysowellsuppliedwithspecialinformationwouldbeworthtranslatingSotheytranslatedhimTheymusthavesuspectedhim,thoughheprotestedthathisinformationwasduetosingulartalentsofhisownNow,muchofthisstory,includingtheafter-historyofthemissingenvelope,youmustfillinforyourself,becausetherearereasonswhyitcannotbewrittenIfyoudonotknowaboutthingsUpAbove,youwon’tunderstandhowtofillitin,andyouwillsayitisimpossible。
WhattheViceroysaidwhenTarrionwasintroducedtohimwas:——“So,thisistheboywho’rusked’theGovernmentofIndia,isit?
Recollect,Sir,thatisnotdoneTWICE。”Sohemusthaveknownsomething。
WhatTarrionsaidwhenhesawhisappointmentgazettedwas:——“IfMrsHauksbeeweretwentyyearsyounger,andIherhusband,I