So at this table, Dr.Whewell, wishing to say that we would do something in the way of sight-seeing very thoroughly, turning to me, said, 'We'll go the whole hog, Miss Mitchell, as you say in America.' "I turned to the young American girl who sat next to me, and said, 'Miss S., did you ever hear that expression except on the street ?' 'Never,' she replied.
"Afterwards he said to me, 'You in America think you know something about the English language, and you get out your Webster's dictionary, and your Worcester's dictionary, but we here in Cambridge think we know rather more about English than you do.' "After lunch we went to the observatory.

The Cambridge Observatory has the usual number of meridian instruments, but it has besides a good equatorial telescope of twenty feet in length, mounted in the English style; for Mr.Airy was in Cambridge at the time of its establishment.
In this pretty observatory, overlooking the peaceful plains, with some small hills in the distance, Mr.and Mrs.Airy passed the first year of their married life.
"Professor Challis, the director, is exceedingly short, thick-headed (in appearance), and, like many of the English, thick-tongued.

While I was looking at the instruments, Mrs.Airy came into the equatorial house, bringing Mr.Adams, the rival of Leverrier, [Footnote: See Chapter VII.]--another short man, but bright-looking, with dark hair and eyes, and again the thick voice, this time with a nasal twang.

He is a fellow of Pembroke College, and master of arts.

If Mr.Adams had become a fellow of his own college, St.John, he must have gone into holy orders, as it is called; this he was not willing to do; he accepted a fellowship from Pembroke.
"Mr.Adams is a merry little man, loves games with children, and is a favorite with young ladies.
"At 6.30 we went again to the lodge to dine.