AndIdon’tknowthatIhavemuchtoreport。ImayhavetoleaveforMalieassoonasthesemailpacketsaremadeup。
’TisanecessityifitbeoneIratherdeplore。IthinkI
shouldhavelikedtolazy；butIdaresayallitmeansisthedelayofadayorsoinharkingbacktoDavidBalfour；thatrespectableyouthchidesatbeingleftwhereheisnowinGlasgowwiththeLordAdvocate，andafterfiveyearsintheBritishLinen，whoshallblamehim？IwasallforenoonyesterdaydowninApia，’dictating，andLloydtype-writing，theconclusionofSAMOA；andthenathomecorrectingtillthedinnerbell；andintheeveningagaintillelevenoftheclock。ThismorningIhavemadeupmostofmypackets，andI
thinkmymailisallreadybuttwomore，andthetagofthis。
IwouldneverdenyasD。BmightsaythatIwasrathertiredofit。ButIhaveadamnedgooddoseofthedevilinmypipe-stematomy；IhavehadmylittleholidayoutinginmykickatTHEYOUNGCHEVALIER，andIguessIcansettletoDAVIDBALFOURto-morroworFridaylikealittleman。I