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in advance, asked to do them and told that they would be expected to make a toast, I expected somebody to introduce Stevenson, and he would have made a few remarks, which I'm sure would have been well-chosen, interesting and have had a little style and finish to them. But he never mentioned Stevenson.

Afterwards somebody said to him, “Why didn't you introduce Stevenson?”

He said, “You know, I forget him. Bess gave me Bell for forgetting him too. Bess said that she was too far away from me to kick under the table, but she was wiggling, making faces and lifting eyebrows at me all evening.”

It would have been the appropriate thing to do. It was just a slip. His remarks had no point at all and he just displayed good will to the people who were on the Cabinet. He'd always wanted to have a formal dinner for them, and this was it. He wanted to do the best he could. He wanted to socially recognize their existence. It was just a reunion. It was a pleasant evening. I enjoyed myself thoroughly because I saw a lot of people that I don't see every day. Many of them I won't see again. We all exchanged good wishes and a desire to see each other often. Whether we ever will or not is another matter, but still we had the desire and the impulse. we'd recognized that we'd worked together on a great project.





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