Returning in the train, from one of my visits to the "Varsity," I fell asleep and passed the junction where I should have changed. I awoke, hearing a noise overhead, followed by the disappearance of the lamps, a fact that I did not pay much attention to, imagining they were being replenished. These sounds were followed by a clinking of chains and sudden jerks, which usually accompany the process of shunting, and which I thought meant that another train was being coupled to the one I occupied. A complete silence followed, and after a short interval--I was alone in the carriage--I opened the window and looked out, and discovered that my carriage and its immediate neighbours, had been shunted into a siding for the night. I was feeling extremely cold and did not care to risk a walk of an exploring nature, as express trains kept flashing by and the night was dark. Presently I saw men with lamps passing by some distance away, and by dint of shouting loudly, I attracted the attention of a porter, who called out when he saw me-- "What are you doin' there? Get out of that!" "I shall be only too delighted," I said, when he approached. "I've been here for an hour." I felt cold and simply furious. However, I followed the porter very gingerly over the rails to the station, where I had to wait a long time, and finally arrived in London at an unearthly hour. Since then I have been very wary of sleeping in trains. CHAPTER XI IN THE LOBBY In the House.--Distinguished soldiers.--The main Lobby.--The Irish Party.--Isaac Butt.--Mr. Mitchell Henry.--Parnell and Dillon.--Gladstone and Disraeli.--Lord Arthur Hill.--Lord Alexander Paget.--Viscount Midleton.--Mr. Seely.--Lord Alington's cartoon.--Chaplains of the "House"--Rev. F. E. C. Byng.--Archdeacon Wilberforce.--The "Fourth Party."--Lord Northbrook and Col. Napier Sturt.--Lord Lytton.--The method of Millais.--Lord Londonderry. Although from the year 1873, I had drawn all the cartoons in _Vanity Fair_, and Mr. Gibson Bowles had procured a privileged pass for me in the inner lobby of the House of Commons for the purpose of studying the characteristics of my parliamentary subjects, the same facilities were accorded me through Mr. Palgrave (Clerk of the Desk), where for the two following years I was making drawings and portraits for the _Graphic_. In 1876 I returned to _Vanity Fair_, permanently and exclusively to work for that publication, when Pellegrini and I shared our labours pretty equally until his health gave way and he became a chronic invalid, so that for some years before his death I was responsible for most of the cartoons in the paper. Of course, actual sketching or the use of the pencil in both assemblies was prohibited (for the privilege of a pass was also accorded me in the House of Lords through the courtesy of the Black Rod) but after careful observation I was always able to go home and express on paper the result.