3. Do you know whether I had my glasses on my nose or not?
A. I cannot recollect.
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Q. If I tell you that I am quite unable when I wear my glasses for reading
to see anybody as far as the door I can recognize a man but I cannot
recognize who it is, you will accept that statement?
A. I would not accept it, because I was very near to you and you could not
miss seeing me or knowing me.
Q. If I tell you further that I have an extremely bad memory for faces so
unless I meet a person fairly constantly I am quite unable to recognize
that person, would you accept that statement?
A. No, I would not.
Q. You went to a Chinese clerk in the general office?
A. Yes.
Q. Before I pass from that last point. Will you accept my statement that
when I saw you this morning I did not know who you were?
A. I cannot say, how do I know whether you know who I am or not you
said 'good morning' and I replied.
cannot know.
Whether you recognized me or not I
Q. Are you prepared to accept my statement?
A. It is strange to me, for I have lived here so many years that every
Tom Dick and Harry knows me by sight.
Q. You told the Chinese clerk, apparently right from the beginning of
your conversation, that you were a Consul?
A. Yes.
Q. Meaning by that?
A Meaning by that that by virtue of my exequatur as a Consul I would be
accorded certain privileges and advantages over the other people in
the colony.
Q. In other words you expected priority?
A. Not priority but consideration.
Q. What form of consideration did you expect in this particular case?
A. In this particular case I expected you to take my word as a Consul.
Chairman.
For the urgency?
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