[234b] He was in London from February 17th to February 20th.
[236] See ‘Letters,’ ii. 324-6.
[237a] Full moon April 3rd, 1882.
[237b] ‘Thomas Carlyle. The Man and His Books.’ By W. H. Wylie. 1881, p. 363.
[241a] On May 7 FitzGerald wrote to me from Lowestoft:
“I too am taking some medicine, which, whatever effect it has on me, leaves an indelible mark on Mahogany: for (of course) I spilled a lot on my Landlady’s Chiffonier, and found her this morning rubbing at the ‘damned Spot’ with Turpentine, and in vain.”
And two days later:
“I was to have gone home to-day: but Worthington wishes me to stay, at any rate, till the week’s end, by which time he thinks to remove what he calls ‘a Crepitation’ in one lung, by help of the Medicine which proved its power on the mahogany. Yesterday came a Cabinet-maker, who was for more than half an hour employed in returning that to its ‘sound and pristine health,’ or such as I hope my Landlady will be satisfied with.”
[241b] Serjeant Ballantine’s ‘Experiences of a Barrister’s Life’ appeared in March 1882.
[241c] Full moon was June 1st, 1882.