Then she pointed to the other end of the room, and there I saw a table with tea and coffee.

I took a cup of coffee, and then the servant asked my name, _yelled_ it up the stairs to another, and he announced it at the drawing-room door just as I entered.
"Mrs.Powell and the professor were of course standing near, and Mrs.
Admiral Smyth just behind.

To my delight, I met four English persons whom I knew, and also Prof.Henry B.Rogers, who is a great society man.
"People kept coming until the room was quite full.

I was very glad to be introduced to Professor Stokes, who is called the best mathematician in England, and is a friend of Adams.

He is very handsome--almost all Englishmen are handsome, because they look healthy; but Professor Stokes has fine black eyes and dark hair and good features.