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 * —I believe I told you on Friday that I was going to finish the perusal of my astronomical verses to the great astronomer on Saturday.

"After tea Dr. proposed that we two should retire into a quiet room in order to resume the perusal of my work, in which no progress has been made since last December. The evening was finished very cheerfully; and we went to our bowers not much out of humor with each other or the world.... After dinner we all agreed to go to the terrace [at Windsor]—Mr., Mrs., and Miss H., with their nice little boy, and three young ladies. Here I met with almost everybody I wished and expected to see previous to the king's arrival.

"But now here comes Will, and I must get up, and make myself up to go down to the perusal of my last book, entitled Herschel. So good-morrow."

Tuesday. "Not a moment could I get to write till now.... I must tell you that proposed to me to go 5*