Everybody was much interested.

The doctor with whom I was staying, and a brother physician, came into the house and thanked me for my 'magnificent speech,' giving L5 to the fund for which we were collecting.
"I was very glad to get to bed, and to find that I had not taken a serious cold, for everything was open behind me in the theatre, and the night was piercingly cold, whilst I perspired with the exertion of speaking, and felt the wind blowing at my back, striking me like a wet blanket.

I was very tired.
"Tuesday .-- Officers' Meetings all day.

If I had been pleased with what I saw of the Officers before, I was more so to-day.

Their eagerness to hear, and quickness to understand, the readiness with which they assented to every call and everything laid before them, was delightful.