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my fame is dearer to me than my livelihood. Your Excellency's resolution to abandon me to my own resources tomorrow must justify one in the line of defence I mean to take for the protection of both.
I have not marked this letter private, and neither has your Excellency so marked yours to which ...
Believe me ... te 122
(Signed) T. Chisholm Anstey
True Copy
Colonial Secretary
... it is a reply. I presume that the whole correspondence is now open.
Believe