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REVOLUTION [chap. xxiv.
my illusions. I did not conceal from any one that I
considered the continuation of my public duties as most
precarious. And on leaving Stockholm on the 14th
June I said to myself and to my friends that my term of
office would in all probability be short-lived.
When I left Sweden the Hammarskiold-Wallenberg
Ministry had ceased to exist, having been replaced by
another Cabinet, Conservative also, but which was
known to be a transition Cabinet, for every one was
expecting that the next elections would produce a
tremendous Liberal and still more Socialist majority.
I took my leave of King Gustaf V., who on this
occasion showed me the same kindness as he had done
throughout my time in Sweden. His Majesty was
deeply moved when he talked about the fate of the
ex-Emperor Nicolas II. and his family, but he shared
my hopes as to the chances of safety still remaining
to them; more especially if every one kept quiet about
them for a time.
I was genuinely sorry to leave Stockholm. In spite
of the terrible events of the war and of the Revolution,
I had got on well in the country; I had learnt to like
and esteem the Swedish people. For myself personally
and for my country the future seemed to hold nothing
but terrible trouble.
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