He replied, I might.

I then asked Mr.Langton, privately, if he had any objection to belong to a society of which there might be a commitee for the abolition of the Slave-trade.

He said he should be pleased to become a member of it.
Having received these satisfactory answers, I returned home.
[Footnote A: I do not know upon what grounds, after such strong expressions, Mr.Boswell, in the next year, and Mr.Windham, after having supported the cause for three or four years, became inimical to it.] The next day, having previously taken down the substance of the conversation at the dinner, I went to James Phillips, and desired that our friends might be called together as soon as they conveniently could, to hear my report.

In the interim I wrote to Dr.Peckard, and waited upon Lord Scarsdale, Dr.Baker, and others, to know (supposing a society were formed for the abolition of the Slave-trade) if I might say they would belong to it?
All of them replied in the affirmative, and desired me to represent them, if there should be any meeting for this purpose.
At the time appointed, I met my friends.

I read over the substance of the conversation which had taken place at Mr.Langton's.