comple of
ready-
it
have been pleasant to have found
Bedrooms
difficult to manage with merely old
Bedsteads without sheets-
Cr mise no
or Linen of
any kind.
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were
of
I towels or
any
I which
and
of the similar "et ceteras"
are wanted by every traveller,
am sorry
which I made
to song
that a
a request
the Lady
on account of
for a temporary loan of some Bedroom
Her Majesty's Instructions that such
linen was
refused. It
was not in Her
things
promptings
should be provided - and six
of courtesy
has
9.
suggested a remedy.
I had fortunately sent in
by
the previous mail from Galle a European groom, who was unable however to lodge at
238
Government House, because the Colonial Secretary resided there till within a few
arrival. He had
engaged
days of my
Some Chinese servants, and by borrowing
from the "club" some Wines
and Forks, &c.
Knives
we contrived to get
through the first evening.
15
is true
that two gentlemen considerately invited us to dinner- but however
agreeable the acceptance of such hospitality if it lay in the Governor's province to accept it at all, might have been at other times, the offer when made to people lived
by all the impediments of disembarcation became a questionable pleasantness
and surrounded
10.
every grim
I therefore begin a radical
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ready-
it
have been pleasant to have found
Bedrooms
difficult to manage with merely old
Bedsteads without sheets-
Complaining no
or Linen of
any kind.
There
were
no
towels or
any
of which
and
of the similar "et ceteras"
are wanted by every traveller,
I am sorry
for the request
which I made
to suggest
that a
the Lady
on account of
for a temporary loan of some Bedroom
linen was refused by Her Majesty's Instructions that such
things
should be provided - and
courtesy
has
9.
suggested a remedy.
I had fortunately sent in
by
the previous mail from Galle a European groom, who was unable however to lodge at
238
Government House, because the Colonial Secretary resided there till within a few days of my arrival. He had
engaged
Some Chinese servants, and by borrowing
from the "club" some Wines
and Forks, & Knives
we contrived to get through the first evening.
15
It is true
that two gentlemen considerately invited us to dinner- but however agreeable the acceptance of such hospitality if it lay in the Governor's province to accept it at all, might have been at other times, the offer when made to people surrounded by all the impediments of disembarcation became a questionable pleasantness
and
10.
every grim
I therefore begin a radical