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There seemed to me no harm in answering his queries or in mentioning Bourne, whose coming had raised no objection in the spring of 1907, and of whose fitness for such a post Kinder had written very highly; but I felt bound to remind His Excellency that the Corporation, if they paid the piper, might well want some say in calling the tune, and patiently I tried once more to let him see that I am simply a subordinate of yours.
His idea of simultaneous work on several sections of the line south of Chu-Chou sounds rather wild, but at least something will be gained if it means the engagement of several competent section engineers, whose expenses once an agreement is come to could, I imagine, be advanced without waiting for the loan to be actually floated.
Rose, so far as I can gather, however competent at location, is wanting in patience and the mysterious knack, in other words, in Tact, of "getting on with the Chinese".
In Moore I have every confidence, but it seemed useless to struggle against Chang's prejudice against him, since, if Liang succeed, as he seemed confident he would, in inducing His Excellency to let the Wu-Yo section go, Moore will have his hands too full to go touring in southern Hunan.