In condition in which I have been tiring I came here, speaks well for my constitution.
And I am most anxious to remain in harness, and am confident that I could continue to do useful work for a considerable time to come if I were in a climate less affected by the test that affected me last disastrously.
Please...
507, Promenade Clit, 10 Nov 1893.
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My dear O'Brien,
I should have written to you before, if I had had anything definite to tell you. Lord Ripon has now decided on various grounds that it is not desirable that the suggested exchange between Swettenham and yourself should take place; I am not altogether sorry on your account, for the decision.
What I think you should do is as follows. Before the hot season returns home on leave, you should arrange to come. I make up your mind...