“Believe and venture! as for pledges,
The gods give none.”
[98]. Miss Massingberd Mundy was one of the junior students who did not go on to graduation, but her gaiety and humour made her a real acquisition to the little circle in the trying days.
[99]. S. J.-B. appealed to Sir Robert Anstruther; and there is a businesslike note from Lady Anstruther, asking for a very brief summary of all the main events,—just the thing that only S. J.-B. could supply.
The matter was brought forward in Aug. 1872, on Sir Robert Anstruther’s behalf, by Sir D. Wedderburn, see below.
[100]. In addition to these six, Professor Fleeming Jenkin and Professor Cosmo Innes removed their names from the list of defenders.
[101]. Professor Hodgson was a recent addition to the professorial staff, and a great asset to the women’s cause.
[102]. As a matter of fact a number of students came—unasked—to serve as stewards.
[103]. See S. J.-B.’s letter to Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell, pp. 356-7.