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Rideau Cottage.
Ottawa.

Neither of us has any regret that we embarked on the Canadian
adventure; in spite of inevitable tediums and worries, it has been
a most successful one for us.

I will only add that what I have written is entirely my own impressions
that is to say I have written unofficially, and not as a G.G.'s
Secretary. The present G.G. would, I daresay, disagree with a good
deal of it if he read it.

Pages 1 to 11 are the confidential ones; the remainder is quite
innocuous.

I have a busy three weeks ahead, but later on things should be quieter,
and if any points occur to you on which I can be of any help, please
let me know.

By this mail, I am also sending you the first volume of the Bessborough
series of the scrap-books recording the G.G.'s activities which are
regularly kept in my office. This, I think, should be quite a help to
both of you. There is no hurry about returning it, and your Secretary
will, I think, be very glad of the chance to study it; had I had a
similar opportunity when I was first appointed, it would have saved me
much subsequent labour.

With this letter also, I will send copies of the replies made to Addresses
by the present G.G. on his arrival. As he landed at Halifax, he had no
need to speak in French, as you must do if you land in Quebec, so I send
too the replies to Addresses made on his first official visit to that city
some months after his arrival in Canada.

The King will doubtless impress on you that the G.G. should always speak