Chapter VIII: APOTHEOSIS

Such was my life for a considerable period —, rendered really notable only by the arrival of a son and heir —

until 1911, my annus mirabilis. But then everything was changed, for the Prime Minister graciously invited me to become one of his new peers, which I was pleased to agree to; and I therefore take my leave of my patient and too indulgent readers as Baron Dropmore, of Corfe.