7/21 Terrify Lord Roos with it, if you choose. Threaten to lay it before the Earl of Exeter--before the King himself--in case of our son-in-law's non-compliance with your demands. But beware how you proceed further. Do not part with it for a moment; so that, if need be, you may destroy it. "Be assured I will act with due caution .-- I am glad to find you are coming round to my views, and are disposed to countenance the measure." "I countenance it!" exclaimed the Secretary of State, in alarm. |