Lord William Beresford, V.C., Some Memories of a Famous Sportsman, Soldier and Wit
CHAPTER VI
AN IDEAL MILITARY SECRETARY
Dignity and Humour--Some Tests of Both--Affection of the Natives for Lord William--How They Tried to Please him--What Happened on a Slippery Floor--Some Tableaux--A Supper and a Race--What the Jockey Club Would Have Said--Lord Ripon’s Message to the Amir of Afghanistan--The Amir’s Reply--The Work of the Military Secretary--Swelled Heads and Outgrown Shoes--How Lord William Dealt with Them--Pay of Military Secretary--Compensation for Diminishing Rupee--No Fish to Fry 112