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sey perfent Sobriety.
etter Anstey punas his as -
sertions upon
three grounds - Twit
Heat Iovered the candles to be
Removed from the dinner table- Svembly My evidenct in
J
the health
of the Queen being proposed_and Thinkly that the Governor had himself, said I was intoxicated (del enclosure 6)
To the first - Shave to ex-
press my deep regret I might have said no
removal of
theat anything
regarding
the candles sticuld
the
have been emstured by Sir Wohn
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tas further from my
intention then
I:
to do so on
the accasion in question.
A
Ore
must have"
acto
an order as Iave not
Y
hi the habit
of gromo
orders in Au
other gentleman's house & nothing
very material fact escuped his Excellencys memory
or I am sure be
would have
Zulu-
tuned it tiz : that I had previously
asked his permission to have the Phukah pulled - The
only objeckin
raised to key request was that the Candles would be blown out and
that there would not be suffi
cieus
ney opinion
light - Sexpressed it as that there would be ample light
from the lacups
ana. Suggested a
trial - To this there did not seem
to be the slightest objection. The Candles were accordingly
reucized