Of course, I had to tell the Governor, I’d not been looking for them, so I couldn’t possibly say if he had such things, for sure. Talk about sow 1,000 acres more of doubt, eh!!!!????
I have to add, I subsequently DIDN’T think it was dignified for the Governor, a Rear-Admiral RN Retd. AND Warden Of Rochester Bridge(which latter post simply allowed you to drive cattle across the Bridge for free, rather than have first choice of the local virgins!) to resort to burglary, as it MIGHT be said I had. I also didn’t want the old boy marching to Moody’s office & demanding a sight of the files.
So, I sent him the copies of files on him & fellow governors I’d made a year or so before. After all, I’d only said I couldn’t possibly say if he had such things, NOT that he’d never had them