Duchesne Record | 1913-05-02 | Page 7 | Keeper of Secrets of Kings

Keeper of Secrets of Kings Lord Knollys who is retiring after aCte having been private s secretary to King George and the late lat King Edward has received many tempting offers to write his autobiography but ne needless to say has steadfastly resisted them all aU An enterprising publisher from the United States once ran him down during his vacation and placed a blank check before him inviting him to fill it in ln for any sum he liked to name in return for for a book of ot no fewer than 60 OO words My terms would be five million dollars dol lars Lord Knollys remarked quietly The publisher gasped Good dood gracious gra gra- he asked cious clous sir are you serious Quite Lord Knoll Knolls Knollys s rejoined and then th n with one of his merry twinkles of ot his eyes he said Would it not be worth a good deal more to you if I had to say frankly all I know The The publisher realized the force torce of ot and was bound to to toad admit admit ad ad- the argument mit that it would be a hopeless task the part to induce an Indiscretion on of the veteran courtier