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great deal however depends upon Brogden. He can raise difficulties and cause delays if he likes - from what I hear from Reeves I think he is less inclined to do so than he was - most likely this is because he is away from Travers' influence. I wrote Fox at the time you left telling him you and I had considered the question of my retaining the Superintendency and that I had fully made up my mind to do so and that we both felt we could not in safety to our own position here afford that I should give up the key to the Command of the place. I said that if it was thought