Mr.Airy repeated 'The Lost Heir,' by Hood.

General Sabine told droll anecdotes, and the point was often lost upon me, because of the local allusions.

One of his anecdotes was this: 'Archbishop Whately did not like a professor named Robert Daly; he said the Irish were a very contented people, they were satisfied with one _bob daily_.' I found that a 'bob' is a shilling.
"When the dinner was over, the ladies left the room, and the gentlemen remained over their wine; but not for long, for Mr.Airy does not like it, and Struve hates it.
"Then, before tea, others dropped in from the neighborhood, and the tea was served in the drawing-room, handed round informally.
"August 15.

Westminster Abbey interested me more than I had expected.

We went into the chapels and admired the sculpture when the guide told us we ought, and stopped with interest sometimes over some tomb which he did not point out.
"I stepped aside reverently when I found I was standing on the stone which covers the remains of Dr.Johnson.It is cracked across the middle.