Life and Letters of the Right Honourable Robert Lowe, Viscount Sherbrooke, G. C. B., D. C. L., Etc - With a Memoir of Sir John Coape Sherbrooke, G. C. B., Sometime Governor-General of Canada #271882

Somewhere in the fifties, about 1850 — 52, I was one of the youngsters who went the Northern Circuit. 'coming in one day late to dinner (as I often did), and looking for a place, I saw a white — haired man with a vacant chair each side of him. I sat down and got into conversation with my neighbour, whom I found pleasant. The next day the same thing occurred — the same man was Seated alone, and I sat by him. We again talked; I was charmed with him, but hadn't an idea who he was.