. George Meredith; his life and friends in relation to his work. were duly carried out by avisit to the pantomime at Drury Lane. EdmundFalconer commenced his management of the theatrethat night, and is reported to have spent £10,000 onthe venture. The opening night was very rowdy,and Hardman relates of this outing with theMerediths : We went to Drury Lane on Boxing Night, andsuch a pandemonium I have rarely witnessed. Thefirst piece was acted in dumb show, not a wordcould we hear. The fights in pit and gallery werefrequent. The shower of orange peel from thegods into the pit was quite astoundi
. George Meredith; his life and friends in relation to his work. were duly carried out by avisit to the pantomime at Drury Lane. EdmundFalconer commenced his management of the theatrethat night, and is reported to have spent £10,000 onthe venture. The opening night was very rowdy,and Hardman relates of this outing with theMerediths : We went to Drury Lane on Boxing Night, andsuch a pandemonium I have rarely witnessed. Thefirst piece was acted in dumb show, not a wordcould we hear. The fights in pit and gallery werefrequent. The shower of orange peel from thegods into the pit was quite astounding. Theoccupants of the latter place made feeble efforts tothrow it back again, but, of course, never got it anyfurther than the first tier of boxes. I was glad tosee the thing once, but you wont catch me thereagain. Despite his work, January was devoted by Mere-dith to giving his boy a good time. But the lastday of the holidays inevitably came, when, after afinal expedition to the Bank of England and Towerof London, followed by a feast of oysters and cakes,. Gi oRtiK Meredith and jiib son Arthur FrofH a photograph ahont 1862 ARTHUR MEREDITH 161 Arthur was seen off from Shoreditch station on hisreturn to Norwich. He was an unemotional child,and seeing his fathers grief at their separationcalmly remarked : Never mind, papa : it is nouse minding it; I shall soon be back to you —certainly a reversing of the usual procedure betweenparent and child at holiday terminations. When the philosophic youth came back to Cops-ham Cottage in April, 1863, for the next holidays, hedeveloped measles, when his father nursed him andsat up most of the night to give the child barleywater. This illness served as a pretext for keepingArthur at home for four months. Every allusion to Arthur at this period voicespathetically Merediths love and solicitude for hisson. During these long summer holidays of 1863the boy had an alarming accident, which greatlyagitated Meredith. Arthur was out on the Commona
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