High life was new to me then; and now it has grown so familiar that I should not, I fear, be able, as I formerly was, to select the striking circumstances.

I have dined with sundry great folks since you left London, and I have attended a very splendid rout at Lord Grey's.

I stole thither, at about eleven, from the House of Commons with Stewart Mackenzie.

I do not mean to describe the beauty of the ladies, nor the brilliancy of stars and uniforms.

I mean only to tell you one circumstance which struck, and even affected me.