A lady was sitting at the table--Mrs.Chamberlain--to whom I was introduced; I spent a very pleasant evening, and in this way commenced another equally agreeable and lasting friendship. [Footnote 1: A Native woman-servant.] [Footnote 2: Now Field Marshal Sir Donald Stewart, Bart., G.C.B., G.C.S.I.] [Footnote 3: Now General Crawford Chamberlain, C.S.I., a brother of General Sir Neville Chamberlain.] * * * * *.