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(6). lo r d ra g l a n. “He [Sir Colin Campbell] had a very witty saying,
when speaking on the subject of Lord Raglan. The saying which he
kept repeating to me (at least a dozen times), accompanied by a
hoarse laugh, was to the effect that he had been done out of his 18
pounder guns by a ‘Damned red headed, oily tongued fellow from
Woolwich’ which he told me he meant it as a dig at his Lordship,
and he [Raglan] was nearly as red headed as I was, and that he
was the Master General of Woolwich. All seem to agree in thinking
the said Sir Colin, a great humbug but believed he meant nothing
but jest, of course I did not care either, as long as I gained my
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point. As I went away, he laughed heartily and told me that I had
done him again, and that it was impossible to refuse me anything.
Joking apart however such scenes as these cannot fail to show that
the mismanagement’s so often complained of has not been over
exaggerated... .”
(7). fl o r e n C e ni g h t i n g a l e. “We have again had snow and biting
cold winds from the N.E., but today it is much milder. Miss
Nightingale is here once more, and I understand that she threatens
to pay a visit to my hospital during the present week... .”
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