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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 



