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political misdoings ; more especially of the great 

 insult offered to him hy the unfortunate letter 

 before alluded to, and which was worded so 

 unguardedly, that the King, on receiving it, might 

 well, considering his great regard for Mr. Krapf 

 previously, turn to him and say, in a tone that 

 implied more of sorrow than of anger, " Did you 

 write that, my father ? " 



