Dr. Macnamara may not know it, but Mr. Herbert Samuel was to have had his place. I did not know either of them, but I said to the Prime Minister “Let’s have the ‘Two Macs’!” Mind, I don’t class him with the Music Hall artist. (_Tempus_: Death of Campbell-Bannerman)--that epoch--I cannot forget Mr. Asquith’s kindness to me. He had telephoned to me from Bordeaux after seeing the King at Biarritz, asking me to meet him on his arrival home next night at 8.30 p.m. at 40 Cavendish Square. His motor car was leaving the door as I arrived. He told me he had seen the King, and had proposed Mr. McKenna as First Lord of the Admiralty. The King seemed to have some suspicion that I should not think Mr. McKenna a congenial spirit. I made no objection--I thought to myself that if Mr. McKenna were hostile then _Tempus edax rerum_. I don’t think Jonathan and David were “in it,” when Mr. McKenna and I parted on January 25th, 1910--my selected day to go and plant roses in Norfolk. I blush to quote the Latin inscription on the beautiful vase he gave me; Joanni Fisher Baroni Kilverstonæ Navarchorum Principi, Ensis, Linguæ, Stili Valde Perito, Vel in Concilio vel in Praelio insigni, Nihil Timenti, Inflexibili, Indomitabili, Invincibili,[6] Pignus Amicitiæ Sempiternae, Dederunt Reginaldus et Pamela McKenna. To John Lord Fisher of Kilverstone First of Admirals Skilled of Sword, Tongue & Pen Brilliant in Council and Battle Dreading Nought Inflexible, Indomitable, Invincible[6] This Token of Enduring Friendship a Gift from Reginald & Pamela McKenna