[161] Mrs. Leigh’s son, Pierce Butler, was born on Sunday, November 2, 1879.
[162] See ‘Letters,’ ii. 326.
[163a] Mrs. Kemble appears to have adopted this suggestion. In her ‘Records of a Girlhood,’ ii. 41, she says of Sir Thomas Lawrence, ‘He came repeatedly to consult with my mother about the disputed point of my dress, and gave his sanction to her decision upon it. The first dress of Belvidera [in Venice Preserved], I remember, was a point of nice discussion between them. . . . I was allowed (not, however, without serious demur on the part of Lawrence) to cover my head with a black hat and white feather.’
[163b] William Mason.
[166] November 10, 1879.
[168] Mrs. De Soyres died at Exeter, December 11, 1879.
[169] Played at St. James’s Theatre, December 18, 1879.
[171] ‘The Duke’s Children.’
[173] Probably the ‘Records of Later Life,’ published in 1882.
[174] On 1st February 1880, FitzGerald wrote to me:—“Do you know what ‘Stub Iron’ is? (I do), and what ‘Heel-taps’ derives from, which Mrs. Kemble asks, and I cannot tell her.” This is probably the query referred to.