PART III. 

 VISIBLE PROOFS 



CHAPTER XI. 

 MY VISITORS 



OF all my distinguished visitors, the one who 

 interested me most, and whom I appear to have 

 delighted least, was Mr. T. W. Russell ; the only 

 one who took pains to arrive in my absence, 

 coming the way, inquiring and going past on 

 previous occasions, when he knew he could find 

 me on the place. In fairness to him, I think his 

 fear to meet me was not merely personal. We 

 had met before, not unpleasantly, on neutral 

 ground, and I could remember him as a man who, 

 with his back to the fire in a club and a look of 

 Knoxious self satisfaction in his face, could talk 

 down any number of the most eloquent men on 

 any subject, with the sole exception of Professor 

 Oldham. A distinction like that makes one 

 remember a man. 



It was soon after Mr. Russell had secured his 

 post as head and front of our offending agriculture, 

 at a time when, entirely to his credit, he had set 

 out to get some knowledge of farming, unlike the 

 unconscionable class of men who are prepared to 

 take State pay without taking any trouble to 



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