At length we got free, and drove towards the Hall of Science, followed by a procession of brakes and other vehicles over half a mile long.
There was a public breakfast, at which hundreds sat down.

I took a cup of tea, but ate nothing.

After a long imprisonment I could not trust my stomach, and I had to make a speech.
After Mr.Bradlaugh, Mrs.Besant and the Rev.W.Sharman (secretary of the Society for the Repeal of the Blasphemy Laws), had made speeches, which I should blush to transcribe, I rose to respond.

It was a ticklish moment.

But I found I had a voice still, and the words came readily enough.