When great men make wonderful discoveries, do they feel sensations like mine, I wonder?
Was Sir Isaac Newton within an ace of skipping into the air when he first found out the law of gravitation?
Did Friar Bacon long to dance when he lit the match and heard the first charge of gunpowder in the world go off with a bang?
I had to put a strong constraint on myself, or I should have communicated all that was passing in my mind to William before our friends at the farmhouse.

But I knew it was best to wait until we were alone, and I did wait.

What a relief it was when we all got up at last to say good-night! The moment we were in our own room, I could not stop to take so much as a pin out of my dress before I began.

"My dear," said I, "I never heard you tell that gambling-house adventure so well before.

What an effect it had upon our friends! what an effect, indeed, it always has wherever you tell it!" So far he did not seem to take much notice.