178 LIFE OF PROFESSOR HUXLEY CHAP. VII 



flit to Barmoor to-day and I shall be alone in my glory. 

 I shall be very comfortable and well cared for, so 

 make your mind easy, and if I fall ill I am to send 

 for Clark. He expressly told me to do so as I left 

 him ! 



I gave my second lecture yesterday to an audience 

 filling the theatre. The reason of this is that everybody 

 who likes comes for the first week and then only those 

 who have tickets are admitted. How many will become 

 regular students I don't know yet, but there is promise 

 of a big class. The Lord send three extra to make up 

 for ... (a sudden claim upon his purse before he left 

 home). 



And he writes of this custom to Professor Baynes 

 on June 12 : 



My class is over 350 and I find some good working 

 material among them. Parsons mustered strong in the 

 first week, but I fear they came to curse and didn't 

 remain to pay. 



He was still Lord Rector of Aberdeen University, 

 and on May 10 writes how he attended a business 

 meeting there : 



I have had my run to Aberdeen and back got up at 

 5, started from Edinburgh at 6.25, attended the meeting 

 of the Court at 1. Then drove out with Webster to 

 Edgehill in a great storm of rain and was received with 

 their usual kindness. I did not get back till near 8 

 o'clock last night and, thanks to The Virginians and a 

 good deal of Virginia, I passed the time pleasantly 

 enough . , . There are 270 tickets gone up to this date, 

 go I suppose I may expect a class of 300 men. 300 x 4 

 = 1200. Hooray. 



