1. Neuberg wrote to his sister, 14 May, about this visit: “The doctor and a German lady were there. After a little while the master put on his coat with the velvet
collar, and we went off together. He walks rather like a Catholic priest, his long, thin body somewhat shambling. He was in
a serious and tender mood, and spoke earnestly and finely the whole way. At Lord Ashburton's we had a very friendly reception.
My lord and lady were in the drawing-room, which is the richest room I have seen anywhere—Würzburg and Munich royal palaces
not excepted. Later, other gentlemen came; among them the Russian ambassador. Carlyle's unrestrained conversation with these
people is very amusing. The general tone of the company was cultivated and simple. Not once did I hear the words ‘my lord’
or ‘my lady.’ At half-past eleven we left, and I accompanied C. a part of the way home” (Sadler 281).
