...either of us want anything in Paris that he can do for us, he shall always be charmed to do it. . . . . I sat next to Lord Aberdeen, and had some very interesting talk with that wise old statesman. Lady Stanhope was charming, as I think she always is, and so was Lady Lyell. The next three or four hours I spent in hard work at the British Museum, and then went by appointment to the Athenaeum, and was take...