Very soon after reaching London we were flooded
with invitations to attend all manner of social functions, and a
great many invitations came to me asking that I deliver public
addresses. The most of these invitations I declined, for the
reason that I wanted to rest. Neither were we able to accept more
than a small proportion of the other invitations. The Rev. Dr.
Brooke Herford and Mrs. Herford, whom I had known in Boston,
consulted with the American Ambassador, the Hon. Joseph Choate,
and arranged for me to speak at a public meeting to be held in
Essex Hall. Mr. Choate kindly consented to preside. The meeting
was largely attended. There were many distinguished persons
present, among them several members of Parliament, including Mr.
James Bryce, who spoke at the meeting. What the American
Ambassador said in introducing me, as well as a synopsis of what
I said, was widely published in England and in the American
papers at the time. Dr. and Mrs. Herford gave Mrs. Washington and
myself a reception, at which we had the privilege of meeting some
of the best people in England. Throughout our stay in London
Ambassador Choate was most kind and attentive to us. At the
Ambassador's reception I met, for the first time, Mark Twain.
We were the guests several times of Mrs.
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