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[page 213] Lakin by telephone after you got over here, giving him 15 or 20 minutes notice, whatever it might be, whether it was by special agreement between you and him that he was not to notify any officer or attendant at the hospital? A. I dont know that it was a definite, but a sort of understanding. I never thought he would. Q. Did you not inquire of him whether he did or not? A. I think I have said to him, did any of the officers know I was coming. I think I am quite sure, but I could not say it under oath. Q. When you have come at all these times, whether with simply notice to the steward or without any notice whatever, at irregular times, how have you found the condition of the patients, and their comfort, and the management of the hospital? A. A fortnight ago I gave my testimony in that respect. I see very little difference from one time to the other. It seems to me that the hospital is run very well. I can see great improvement from month to month. And if you will notice, the testimony of the gentlemen to day dates back years.