So the matter dropped; but Rhodes suspected, and never forgave us or any of those whose thoughts ran on the same lines.
Whether Sir Alfred Milner ever learned who had been trying to persuade the master of Groote Schuur to seek his co-operation in what would have been the noblest deed of Rhodes' life, I have not been able to ascertain to the present day.

To tell the truth, I never tried to do so, the matter having lost all interest except as a matter of history..