I have been away so long, that I don't know where to begin, and I want you to help me.

I want to be introduced to a few Christian households, that I may see the kind of people that our Western friends are." I had an uncle, a Mr.Raymond, who had made a fortune in business, lived in a fine house in Lancaster Gate, and saw a good deal of fairly interesting and cultivated people.

I took him to dine there once or twice, and he needed nothing else.

He had a real genius for _tete-a-tete_ conversation; that is, he could listen without appearing only to listen.

He made people feel at their best with him.