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a long talk, a lady with a very pleasant and handsome 
face pushed in a chair between us and asked an in- 
troduction, — Lady Lyttleton. ... I met her next day 
at evening, at Mr. Talbot’s (M. P.) house, where I 
went to be taken to a good seat at St. Margaret’s 
Church, Westminster, now serving for the Abbey, to 
hear Talbot, the warden of Keble, preach. 
Sunday morning, to continue my separate doings, I 
went to the Temple Church, to hear the very sweet 
music, better in my opinion than that of St. Paul’s, 
and to hear the chaplain (Master is his proper title), 
Vaughan. Capital sermon it was. Afternoon I was 
quiet. At seven o’clock I went to Westminster to 
hear Talbot, the warden of Keble. These very high 
clergymen have a way of preaching broad-minded 
sermons. Talbot’s might have been preached by 
Phillips Brooks, or even by A. P. Peabody, except 
for an incidental phrase or two, and except for some 
posturing at the prayers. So my idea of the man, as 
a man of excellent sense, in spite of his setting in a 
very superstitious school, was confirmed. 
Tyndall dinner; here as a guest, I was the third 
on the left of the chairman (Stokes, president of 
Royal Society), only Lord Bathurst and Lord Derby 
between. The speaking I thought heavy enough, ex- 
cept for Lord Derby’s speech, which was pointed and 
witty, and Lord Rayleigh’s, at the end, which was 
neat and sensible. Met there (in Willis’s Rooms; 
the dinner was in the Almack’s ballroom of old days ) 
a good many old acquaintances, and of course had a 
good time. 
From London, after more entertainments, Dr. Gray 
went to Devonshire, where he made a charming visit at 
