From Elephant Khedder to Crocodile Tank 391 



I could no longer hide telling you that I am attached, 

 or rather I love you, both as an energetic officer of 

 the Commission and as an exemplary model of a 

 thorough Gentleman. 



" I should have been exceedingly happy to remain 

 some time longer in your service, had I not been forced 

 to retire by a domestic affliction which overtook me 

 all of a sudden, and which was too strong for me in 

 my old age to bear. 



"I am therefore resolved to seek consolation in 

 devoting the remainder of my days to the happy 

 contemplation of the mysteries of the Most High, 

 free from all cares and trouble/' etc., etc. 



