Lady Victoria Campbell

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Association whose officials, with a wonderful lack of
understanding of the character they were fighting,
and with an unusual absence of courtesy and kindli-
ness, had caused her much vexation of spirit. Neither
party seems to have been absolutely sympathetic
with the outlook of the other. When the " bonny
fecht " was over she bore no grudge, and was ready
to see all the humours of the fray, and her own
impetuous onsets throughout the battle-royal she
describes in a letter to Mrs. Macdiarmid.
Tobermory. Sep. 1st, 1904.
Dear Mrs. Macdiarmid,
I think that panacea which often before this
has saved the lives of us Argylls, i.e. the sense of
the ludicrous, has come to me this evening, after
meetings. I am sure Mr. Macpherson has given
you the grave, anxious side ; but, while too tired
to tackle all the outing which lies before me, I must
give you " the ludicrous."
After they had all voted for status quo, although
shewn the constitution no longer represented facts,
then I said : " There is but one thing to be done
now. I resign. I take with me my two Com-
mittees."
There was a flutter ! After Mr. Macpherson left,
with a handshake, which I think meant : " You
have been good and kept your temper," a point
Mr. McVean, I could see, was dreadfully nervous
over. When he came to fetch me, I said : " I
think you can trust me to behave as my Father's