The king expressed his pleasure at seeing the inventor of the Telegraph, and regretted he could not speak English as he wished to ask me many questions.

He thanked me, he said, for the beautiful instrument I had sent him; told me that a telegraph line was now in progress from the castle to his royal residence in Copenhagen; that when it was completed he had decided on using my instrument, which I had given him, in his own private apartments.

He then spoke of the invention as a most wonderful achievement, and wished me to inform him how I came to invent it.

I accordingly in a few words gave him the early history of it, to which he listened most attentively and thanked me, expressing himself highly gratified.

After a few minutes more of conversation of the same character, the king shook me warmly by the hand and we took our leave....
"We arrived in the afternoon at Copenhagen.