"I will accept your assurance, and the Council will be relieved to hear of it." He rose to take his leave.

"I am desired by the Council to express to Lord Wellington the hope that he will take measures to preserve better order among his troops and to avoid the recurrence of such extremely painful incidents." "A moment," said O'Moy, and rising waved his guest back into his chair, then resumed his own seat.

Under a more or less calm exterior he was a seething cauldron of passion.

"The matter is not quite at an end, as your Excellency supposes.

From your last observation, and from a variety of other evidence, I infer that the Council is far from satisfied with Lord Wellington's conduct of the campaign." "That is an inference which I cannot venture to contradict.