[298] The "custom more honoured in the breach than the observance."—Hamlet.
[299] William Henry, 1st Duke of Cleveland, who died in 1842.
[300] Adam, fourth son of Sir Adam Hay of Haystoun, who had been one of my greatest friends at Christ Church. He died May 1871.
[301] Lady Constance Talbot, daughter of the 19th Earl of Shrewsbury.
[302] Daughter of the 7th Earl of Leven.
[303] A Roman friend, brother of Sir Michael Shaw Stewart.
[304] From "Central Italy."
[305] Madame Victoire Ackermann. See vol. i.
[306] From "Central Italy."
[307] From "Central Italy."