He regretted that the wind had not been favourable for his crossing the Channel.

"Certainly," he writes, "the experiences I have had on this occasion will warrant a degree of confidence more than I have ever hitherto indulged.

I would not wish a degree of confidence more than I enjoyed at every moment of the time." To return to the pit for a concluding note or two.

Audiences had come to agree with Hazlitt, that "it was unpleasant to see a play from the boxes," that the pit was far preferable.

Gradually the managers--sound sleepers as a rule--awakened to this view of the situation, and proceeded accordingly.