You will proceed as
soon as possible to enrol a body of men for the purpose of effecting
my deliverance by force of arms. As these men will require payment
for their services, you will enter the Bank of Victoria at Port
Albert, and seize all the money you will find there, the amount of
which I estimate at ten thousand pounds, which will be sufficient for
preliminary expenses. You will give, in my name, to the manager of
the bank, a guarantee in writing for repayment of the money, with
current rate of interest added, when I recover the dukedom and
estates. Be careful to explain to him that you take the money only
as a loan, and that will prevent the bank from laying any criminal
charge against you. Should anything of the kind be in contemplation,
you will be good enough to report progress to me as soon as possible,
and I will give you all necessary instructions as to your future
proceedings.
"I may mention that in seeking to obtain my title and estates, I am
influenced by no mean or mercenary considerations; my sole desire is
to benefit the human race. I have been employing all my leisure
hours during the last nine years in perfecting a system of philosophy
entirely new, and applicable to all times, to all nations, and to all
individuals. I have discovered the true foundation for it, which,
like all great inventions, is so simple that it will surprise the
world it was never thought of before.
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