consequence of this personal conference between Mr. Hayllar and myself that, on the basis prescribed by the Governor, the terms were arranged, approved by the Governor and accepted by Mr. Hayllar, whereupon the case was taken out of Court. These terms comprised the two letters of mine, dated 28th November, which Mr. Johnson includes among the enclosures of his letter, and which were revised and approved by the Governor who made one alteration. He requested only to add the word "erroneously" to a sentence of mine in one letter to Mr. Hayllar of 28th November. The sentence I refer to is, "I was acting in good faith in what I said on the subject matters mentioned in the petition you filed in Court and wrongly believed myself at the time to be acting simply within the sphere of my duty." I consented to add the word "wrongly", because, since I spoke to Mr. Johnson, I have learned to take a different view of my duties. I see now that my German conception of the duties of a Private Secretary was indeed a wrong one.
Apart from this point, which I yielded, the Governor approved of my two letters of 28th November and it was only after his formal approval had been given, that I sent them to Mr. Hayllar.
41. The compromise thus made included also a letter from the Governor to Mr. Hayllar and a telegram to the Secretary of State.
42. The foregoing facts will suffice