He needed his vacation, he said, for rest.

He had neither the strength nor the spirit for the season.
Yet was he delighted with the English people and with English life.

His was one of those receptive natures which enjoy whatever is wholesome and sunny.

In spite of his bodily pain, he entertained a lively hope of coming out of it in the spring, and did not realize his true condition.
He merely said, "I have overworked myself, and must lay by or I shall break down altogether." He meant to remain in London as long as his welcome lasted, and when he perceived a falling off in his audience, would close his season and go to the continent.

His receipts averaged about three hundred dollars a night, whilst his expenses were not fifty dollars.