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me. " \^Tiy on earth did you ever do it ? " 

 he went on to ask me. I rephed : " Because, 

 Count, you, who should have advised me, and 

 what you thought then say now, never uttered 

 a syllable as to what I should have done. 

 It would have only required that for me to have 

 dropped the case straight away, and now you 

 ask me why I was such a fool as to do this, that 

 and the other. What vou did do was to turn 

 your back on me, saying you were sorry for me, 

 although you knew all the time that I was as 

 innocent of wrong-doing as He who built the 

 world. No one attempted to advise me; in 

 fact I stood alone, a persecuted man without 

 the slightest help from anyone except Maitre 

 Labori, and he told me that I should surely 

 win but also that I should surely lose by winning. 

 He was right." 



There are many other little matters I could 

 mention as to those who were real good friends 

 to me in England and France — that is, cheery 

 companions, but who were powerless to move 

 one log along to get me my licence. Some of 

 them, good-hearted sportsmen, may have in 

 some way done me more harm than good, for 

 when a fellow is up against it those opposed to 

 him are always looking for reasons why the 

 punishment should be continued, and take a 

 yellow- jaundiced view of everything which is 

 done in private life. Surely there must be 

 enough justice left to allow me to follow up my 

 calling. Perhaps they all think I could not 

 ride ! I will not say anything about this. 



Sincerely, 



J. T. Sloan. 

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