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 252 THE RELATIONS OF OUR GOVERNMENT CHAPTER X. LOUD RAGLAN : HIS (OF LATE) SMOOTII RELATIONS WITH THE HOME GOVERNMENT. — THE AFFLICTION IIE SUF- FERED FROM THE DISAPPOINTMENT AND LOSSES SUS- TAINED ON THE 18TH OF JUNE. — HIS VITAL STRENGTH APPEARING TO GIVE WAY. — HIS GRIEF AT THE LOSS OF GENERAL ESTCOURT. — A SLIGHT AILMENT AFFECTING THE CHIEF. I. chap. No tortures at all like in kind to those that ' Pelissier suffered under the attempted dictation of his Emperor had of late been afflicting the English Commander-in-chief; and indeed one may say that, since the time when our War Minister abandoned the favourite object of ob- taining Lord Raglan's assent to a change in the TiieHome Headquarters Staff, our Home Government and co-operat- their General in the field had been thinking ousiy with and acting together in friendly, harmonious COn- Lord Rag- lan. cert.^ 1 ) Whatever his faults, Lord Panmure was not an ungrateful, was not a cold-hearted man ; and having pointed out his offence of the 12th of February in the way that I did, I now gladly