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in his manner. 1, thereupon, wrote him the letter of which i
annex a copy. Next morning he came into my Chambers and told me
to my face he had never used the word "conspiracy". I knew he
had and told him so. His recollection and mine differed, and 1
kept a copy of the letter because I was so astonished at his
denial I could only account for it by supposing he had got so
excited that he did not know what he really had said. I should
not have referred to this unless Mr. Kyshe had taken exception
to my saying I had had experience of our recollections differing.
I observe, at the end of paragraph 17 of his answer, he even now
refers to "a combined effort made to ruin him".
8.
As regards paragraph 8, the five gentlemen who signed my
memorandum of what occurred can be referred to. It embodied
everyone's recollection and I asked them, at the time, to make
any additions or alterations they could suggest so as to make it
quite fair to Mr. Kyshe. It was carefully considered and Mr.
Follock, k.C., wrote on it that it was "a fair and correct sum→
mary" all agreeing to that. It must be borne in mind that it
was made then and there, before any gentleman left my Chambers.
Mr. Kyshe denies its correctness. I began the Memorandum in Mr.
Kyshe's presence and if he would have complied with my request
that he would speak more slowly so as to allow me to write his
identical words they would all have been taken down, and he
might have taken down mine if he had so desired.
9.
As regards paragraph 9, all present have signed their
names to the correctness of the statement that I did ask him to
reserve his observations &c., (see a few lines from the begin-
ning of the Memorandum).
As regards paragraph 10, the underlined passage at the end is incorrect and misleading. It shows how recollections differ.
No one, least of all Mr. Kyshe when he was begging me to accept
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