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TELEGRAPHIC ADDRESS.
CHATAIGNE, LONDON.
TELEPHONE NO 1719 GERARD.

THE COBURG HOTEL.
CARLOS PLACE.
GROSVENOR SQUARE.W.

July 22nd 1900,
11 P.M.

My dear Colonel.

The newspaper clipping enclosed herewith. will in a conventional way, tell you of the external ending of the first chapter of a life which will be famous in the coming centuries.  It says nothing of real interest for it deals only with things of a public moment that followed.

The real events of the day were hidden from public view, as were

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