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firma after the eight nights' terrific bucketing we 

 had had on the Atlantic. 



We spent ten days in New York altogether, full of 

 interest to us, but uneventful from a public point of 

 view. On the morning of the 8th we had to send 

 some official despatches to the Foreign Office, and 

 Bergne and I went for a walk in the afternoon, but 

 owing to the municipal elections being in full swing 

 all the shops were shut. He and I dined at the 

 Manhattan Club that night, where we met Dudley 

 Field and other prominent citizens, all full of the 

 elections. Mr. Chamberlain dined that night at 

 Delmonico's with Henry Edwardes. On the 9th 

 we all paid a visit to Booker, and looked over the 

 Consulate General, one of the busiest and most 

 important of all the British consular posts. 



On the loth the Chief and I went for a walk in the 

 afternoon, and left cards on Henry Irving at the 

 Brunswick. Bergne and I dined with Mr. and Mrs. 

 Booker that evening at the private hotel where they 

 lived, and Mr. Chamberlain dined with Mrs. Paran 

 Stevens to meet the late Duke of Marlborough. His 

 Grace had called on him at our hotel shortly after 

 our arrival, and threw out a hint that he would like 

 to be attached to our Mission. Mr. Chamberlain 

 could not, however, give him any encouragement in 



