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were less to blame than I thought -  that is they were certainly told many lies about me.

However - my estimate of O Donohue has proved quite correct and he has turned out a regular swindler - Hyde is not the man to stand the test of real work - The Col seems very desirous to do away any effect his ^[[former]] unfair opinions of me & my conduct may have had on me - [[strikethrough]] the [[/strikethrough]] and - despite some loss of [[strikethrough]] esteem [[/strikethrough]]] respect for his strength of character I [[strikethrough]] let [[/strikethrough]] have as many a respect for and am as loyal to the man as ever. - and - withal- the other officers are beginning to discover that instead of the tyrannical, quarrelsome ^[[incompetent]] and untruthful chap I was represented to be I am in fact not such an utterly disagreeable fellow after all. — 

But Ive grown old and hard

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