From the Duc d'Aumale he received, a few days later:—
Bruxelles, 31 mai.—Je ne doutais pas du bon accueil qui vous serait fait à l'Institut, et je suis ravi d'en recevoir le témoignage par votre lettre. Je voudrais bien pouvoir assister au dîner du Club du 12 juin; mais j'en ai quelque doute, tandis que je crois être certain, Deo adjuvante, de pouvoir m'asseoir à notre table fraternelle le mardi 26. Je vous serre affectueusement la main.
On May 28th Reeve returned to London. The entries in the Journal are of little interest, but he noted:—
June 12th.—At Lady Knutsford's, evening, met Lord and Lady Lansdowne, just back from Canada.
15th.—To Foxholes. The Emperor Fritz of Germany died. During the whole of his short reign, which lasted ninety-nine days, the most bitter quarrels went on about his medical treatment. It was a great tragedy.
25th.—To London again. 26th, breakfasted with the Duc d'Aumale, who dined at The Club.
July 2nd.—To Winchester Quarter Sessions to qualify as J.P. for Hampshire, having been recently appointed by Lord Carnarvon.
9th.—Attended Petty Sessions at Christchurch.
30th.—Winchester Assizes. On the Grand Jury.
The next letter, from Sir Arthur Gordon, refers to an incident alluded to in the 'Greville Memoirs,' [Footnote: Third Part, i. 54-5.] which Reeve had commented on at some length, with a reference to the Memoirs of Lord Malmesbury, published some four years before.