I have been haunted with the feeling that everything I did was watched, and that everything I said was listened to for years; and I can tell you it is a devilishly unpleasant thought.

Draw your chair quite close to me.

It is about my jewels, John.

I always had a fancy for jewels--not to wear them, but to own them.

In my time I have had good opportunities in that way, both in the Madras Presidency and in the Carnatic.