 He served me with an exemplary loyalty , for which I owe a debt of gratitude which cannot be repaid . Our temperaments adapted themselves to each other in a manner which was ideal . He had an extraordinary faculty for self @-@ effacement , posing always and conscientiously as the instrument to give effect [ to ] my policies and decisions . Really helpful whenever his advice was invited , he never <unk> his own opinions , although I knew that he did not always agree with me . 
