CHAPTER VIII.--1908-1909.

Christmas at Beaufort--_Annus mirabilis_--Kenelm Vaughan--A "Heathen Turk"--Sven Hedin--Centenary of Darwin--Oxford and Louvain--Hugh Cecil on the House of Commons--Arundel itself again--The Bridegroom's Father weeps--Cambridge Fisher Society--Bodleian Congestion--Shackleton at Albert Hall--Oakamoor, Faber, and Pugin--Welsh Pageant--Hampton Court--Father Hell and Mr. Dams!--A Bishop's Portrait--Gleann Mor Gathering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132