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172 JOURNAL OF A RESIDENCE
feel the loss of so able an adviser and friend, I re-
quested that he would not remain here on my
account; that I feared no insult, well assured no
one dared insult me, however much inclined
some might be to treat me with slight and
neglect; that he well knew that it had been
agreed on between the whoonghee and me, at our
last interview, that I was to come down to
Amarapoorah to settle all the points of my public
business with the mayhoon, and then send the
papers by him and Mr. Burnett to him, the
whoonghee, when he would lay them before his
majesty; that the papers were already prepared,
and I only waited to consult the mayhoon pre-
vious to my sending them off. For his satisfaction
I shewed him the papers, and told him that, in
due time, I should communicate the contents.
He seemed surprised and puzzled, but ac-
quiesced in the propriety of the resolution I had
adopted.
The truth is, both the mayhoon and he are
unwilling to leave me behind, fearing that I
might obtain too much influence at court; and
are both anxious to return to their governments.
I am fully persuaded, the slight I have received
here has been intended to disgust me with the
place, and induce me to quit it; but they little
know my temper, if they suppose I am to be
influenced by so shallow a device. He promised
feel the loss of so able an adviser and friend, I re-
quested that he would not remain here on my
account; that I feared no insult, well assured no
one dared insult me, however much inclined
some might be to treat me with slight and
neglect; that he well knew that it had been
agreed on between the whoonghee and me, at our
last interview, that I was to come down to
Amarapoorah to settle all the points of my public
business with the mayhoon, and then send the
papers by him and Mr. Burnett to him, the
whoonghee, when he would lay them before his
majesty; that the papers were already prepared,
and I only waited to consult the mayhoon pre-
vious to my sending them off. For his satisfaction
I shewed him the papers, and told him that, in
due time, I should communicate the contents.
He seemed surprised and puzzled, but ac-
quiesced in the propriety of the resolution I had
adopted.
The truth is, both the mayhoon and he are
unwilling to leave me behind, fearing that I
might obtain too much influence at court; and
are both anxious to return to their governments.
I am fully persuaded, the slight I have received
here has been intended to disgust me with the
place, and induce me to quit it; but they little
know my temper, if they suppose I am to be
influenced by so shallow a device. He promised