On the 24th October I received a note from Lieut. Colonel John Pope Hennessey. I called upon him in consequence the next morning. It was a very painful matter which had occurred during his absence. He regretted that I had not waited for his return before seeing Dr. Eitel. That Dr. Eitel had not given, so far as he understood, an accurate account of circumstances which had taken place between Hennessey & Mr. Hayllar, and that he had probably confused what His Excellency had told him with what he had heard besides. He (His Excellency) said that the book which Eitel had stated was produced by Bayly into Lady Hennessey's boudoir was not a copy of the Catalogues of the Private Museum at Naples but the authorised Catalogue of the Public Museum. He said there was nevertheless in that book a print which he considered indecent. He also said that the part of Eitel's statement which he understood had been made in relation to a proposed trip in a steam launch, and His Excellency's return and finding Mr. Hayllar in Lady Hennessey's boudoir was not strictly correct. I stated that I had met Mr. Hayllar on his return.
7 Bu Weley Johnsay