E. H. S. Blackie.”
A lawyer who had strenuously opposed the idea of mixed classes writes,
“For your sake, I shall make my first charity this year £5 to the Infirmary.”
And no one was more enthusiastic than the young man who was demonstrator of Anatomy at the time of the riot:
“It would be almost a mockery to wish you all a Happy New Year after such success. It is enough to turn one’s head, but only, I suppose, the heads which hammered on so hard in defeat, or rather repulse, are not to be turned with victory.”
It would have been almost a mockery, certainly, though not in the sense he meant.
“Sunday, Jan. 7th. Hear that the doctors are going about getting their patients to sign papers,—exact tenor unknown.”
True enough, here were already the first mutterings of a fresh storm, and indeed, most people must have been rather uneasy at so terrifying a victory.
“Dear Miss Jex-Blake,” writes Dr. Heron Watson on January 5th, “See to it that there is a full representation on behalf of the ladies on Monday week at the adjourned meeting, as I expect foul play!...”
And another lawyer writes: