The invitation had reached him and Mr.Dillon in the form of a command from the King, and as such they had accepted it.
Some may remember how radiantly fine were those far-off days in July which led us up to the brink of such undreamt-of happenings.

On the Tuesday night I was sitting alone on the Terrace, when Redmond came out.
For once, he was in a mood to talk.

His mind was full of the strangeness and interest of that first day's Conference--a council, or parley, so momentous, so unprecedented.

It touched what was very strong in him--the historic imagination.

He told me how the King had received them all, stayed with them for some intercourse of welcome, and had been specially marked in his courtesy to Redmond himself, who had of course never before been presented to him.