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General Gipps, who was an old friend of mine, 

 having hunted at Atherstone and Bicester. The 

 Duke kindly took me in his carriage with Colonel 

 Fitz-George and General Gipps. He made a most 

 minute inspection, and then had lunch before going 

 to Queen's Park for a review. I had to go to 

 Waverley to meet wife, and found she had gone to 

 review. Colonel Fitz-George had given me a pass 

 to admit the carriage. Met Duke of Teck. The 

 Duchess came with Lady Hopetoun and 1 was 

 presented to her. On returning home Sir FVancis 

 Grenfell and General Rowlands met us at the 

 Waverley station. The Duke and I were in the 

 carriage when Grenfell appeared. The Duke said, 

 "Here comes your executioner". Grenfell said, 

 "Not me — him," pointing over his shoulder at Row- 

 lands. He afterwards told us that Rowlands had 

 forwarded my application without recommending it. 

 We all returned to Dysart with the Duke, a salute 

 being fired from the castle, twenty-one guns. Gren- 

 fell was General in charge of Auxiliary Forces. 



{^From my Wifes Journal.) 



27th September. — Left Northcliffe, St. Andrews 

 (where we had been for the golf meeting), at four 

 o'clock, and arrived at Dysart about six o'clock. 

 The Duke had just come and his son. Colonel 

 George Fitz-George. They, the two Lady Rosslyns, 

 and Lord Rosslyn and Fitzroy Erskine were the only 

 party. We played whist, and, actually. Lord Rosslyn 

 and I won. The Duke gave me a shilling, and said, 



