We all take every possible occasion to serve our friends and they serve us.

The result is, I verily believe, that we hear more than any other group in London.

These young fellows are all keen as razors.

They know when to be silent, too; and they are trusted as they deserve to be.

Of course I see them, singly or in pairs, every day in the regular conduct of the work of the Embassy; and once a week we all meet together and go over everything that properly comes before so large a "cabinet" meeting.