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given up. I will deal with this matter in a subsequent
Chapter. It is enough here to state that all the pleasure
of my return was dashed from me in a moment, and I
bitterly regretted ever having undertaken so delicate a
task with my hands so tied.
As we approached Darjiling we passed an enthusiastic
tea-planter sitting at his gateway with a gramophone,
which, as we neared him, struck up "See the Conquering
Hero comes." He said he was by himself, and the
gramophone was all the band he had, but he felt he must
do something to welcome us; and this, our first greeting
in British territory, given with such genuine feeling, went
no small way to restoring my spirits.
At the station outside Darjiling I met my wife, and
only then realized what the strain and anxiety to her my
absence in Tibet must have caused. We went by rail to
Darjiling itself, and there I had the unexpected honour of
being welcomed on the platform by the kindly Sir Andrew
Fraser, Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal, and nearly the
whole of the European residents in the place. They had
all—and particularly Sir Andrew and Lady Fraser—been
so especially kind to my wife I could not thank them
enough. Mr. and Mrs. Macpherson, Mrs. Walsh, and
many others had never failed in their thoughtfulness, and
I hope when they read this they will believe that their
kindness will never be forgotten by either of us.
We stopped at Darjiling only a day, which I set apart
entirely for our little girl, and then Messrs. White and
Wilton, with my wife and myself, set out on our last
stage to Simla, where Lord and Lady Ampthill warmly
welcomed us to Viceregal Lodge. Lord Kitchener had
already asked us by telegram to dine with him our first
night at Simla, and from Sir Denzil and Lady Ibbetson,
Sir Arundel Arundel, Sir Louis and Lady Dane, and many
others we received the greatest kindness.
Nor could anything have been more generous than the
support which Lord Ampthill and the whole Government
of India gave me in the matter of the disallowed points in
the Treaty. But what caused me anxiety was the view
which Lord Curzon would take of what I had done. He
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