On reaching
Government House, King was assisted up stairs, for though he looked
very healthy and robust; he was scarcely able to stand. He was
taken into the room adjoining the Chief Secretary's office, where
he was shortly afterwards joined by his sister. Their meeting was,
of course, strictly private. In a few minutes the approaches to
Government House, the lobbies, stairs, and landing were impassably
crowded, so that it was necessary for the police to clear a passage
for His Excellency from his own office to that of the Chief
Secretary. His Excellency, accompanied by Captain Timins, entered
the Chief Secretary's office, and after a short conversation with
Welch, who accompanied King to town, went into the anteroom;
accompanied by Captain Timins, and followed by Dr. Wills, Welch,
and Brahe. When His Excellency entered the room, King and his
sister respectfully stood up, but His Excellency requested them to
be seated, as King was evidently unable to stand on his feet. The
excitement was almost too much for the poor fellow, and it was
thought advisable to get him away as speedily and as privately as
possible to St. Kilda, where his sister resides.
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