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I think we get a little autobiography of our dear Uncle John in it too, for which I don't like it the less. There are passages, as against going to Borne, which I am glad to see in print; they are wanted now again, I fear. I am glad you like Moberly's "Bampton Lectures." I am so thankful for his appointment to Salisbury.
Moberly's force comprised many administrative personnel. 'What your men lack in numbers they must make up in courage, was the Major-General's encouragement. But the men were not at once put to the test.
Half a dollar was the smallest coin used, and clothing was so scarce that when a Chinaman's pig chewed up Walter Moberly's boots while the surveyor lay asleep in his shack, Mr Moberly had to foot it twenty-five miles before he could find another pair of boots.
Fires were still pleasant at night, but in the daytime the bright, cool weather was splendid. Moberly's servant soon had some tea and chupatties ready, and while we were eating them, Bretherton, who had been out clearing some village on the other side of the fort, came in.
Moberly's appointment. What a joyful event for Charlotte Yonge. I must write to Sophy as soon as I can. You will forgive if I have seemed to be, or really have been, unmindful of your sorrows and anxieties. Sometimes I think I am in too great a whirl to think long enough to realise and enter into all your doings. 'Your loving Brother, The intended letter to Mrs. Martyn was soon written.
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