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he had undertaken the very doubtful duty of running to the Judge and disturbing his rest with all the tittle-tattle of the Colony which had better be buried in oblivion. The Judge said the Chairman had done quite right – and that he now was come truly to demand at my hands a public apology for public slander – that Mr. Anstey had accused him of being drunk at my table; that he had stated this at the Artillery mess, whence it had been reported to Captain King; that he had repeated it at Mr. Woodgate's table; that it had been restated to Mr. Leslie by Captain Watkins; that he understood Mr. Anstey had said he was "blind drunk" – and that I had broken up the party in consequence of the Judge's condition.
I told the Judge that certainly I had not broken up the party a minute before the usual time; that my recollection of what passed was very distinct – namely, that he twice ordered the candles away and the punkah to be pulled; that I thought him a little "hilarious" and told him he was somewhat despotic in my house, which was making his Supreme