that most aristocratic crowd, as they pushed and hauled and yelled, be- 

 having very much like the audience of a three-penny music hall. When 

 seated, they made a fine show, as most gentlemen and all ladies came 

 in evening dress. . . . The lecture, I am sorry to say, was far below 

 Huxley's usual standard. . . . Parker told me it was the second worst 

 lecture he had ever heard him deliver." I must have taken Huxley's 

 advice and not listened to the lecture, for I can remember nothing about 

 it, except my disappointment. 



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