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be so long if you don't come to see him ". He said, 

 " Excuse me a minute, for I have some friends come 

 to dinner ". He got into the carriage with me and 

 went to Jermyn Street, and after seeing Mr. Inge 

 said, "He will recover and be able to get home ". 

 He did get home and lived about three months, 

 and he left me fifty pounds in his will, and Mrs. 

 Charles Inge sent me one of his old hunting whips 

 as a memorial. He was a most charming and 

 eccentric old gentleman and a thorough sportsman. 

 He never was married, and on his elder brother's 

 death succeeded to the estate, and at his death was 

 succeeded by his nephew, late Master of the Ather- 

 stone Hounds. 



24th June, 1881. — The Master of Hounds' dinner 

 at Boodle's having been abolished, Lord Waterford 

 gave a dinner at his house, King's Street, St. James's 

 Square. 



28th. — Lord Macclesfield's puppy show at Shir- 

 burne. I mistook the train and went to Oxford. 

 Had lunch with Francis Atkinson. Guy Atkinson 

 drove me on in his trap to Shirburne. Arrived too late 

 for the show ; all the party had returned to London. 

 Saw the hounds and returned to Oxford and back to 

 London. 



9th July. — Royal Volunteer Review at Windsor. 

 I got General Ellis, who was then Adjutant-General, 

 to ask the Duke of Cambridge to take me as an aide- 

 de-camp^ as I was the only volunteer cavalry Colonel 

 in the service. General Ellis said, " I have done all 

 I can for you, but the Duke has already refused 



