You know who Samuel Baker was.

You have seen his wife.

She has told you herself that I assisted her in the examination and destruction of all her husband's private papers according to his special death-bed request.

One of the first facts I learned from these papers and her explanations, was the following.
"Just eight years ago, the great 'Inter-Oceanic Mail Steamship Company,' wished to extend its service round the world, and, in order to do so, it applied to Congress for a heavy subsidy.

The management of this affair was put into the hands of Mr.Baker, and all his private letters to the President of the Company, in press copies, as well as the President's replies, came into my possession.