In 1867 Kate Terry resolved at the height of her fame to marry Mr. Arthur Lewis (of whom I have more to say later), and to retire from the stage, apparently quite content to leave her glories. Then the most famous of the Terry sisters, Kate received an ovation worthy of her. The _Times_, in a long article, said: "It is seldom that the theatre chronicles have to describe a scene like that at the New Adelphi on Saturday, when Miss Kate Terry took her farewell of the Stage as Juliet.... Again and again Miss Terry was recalled, and again she appeared to receive the long and continued plaudits of the crowd.... Let us close our last notice of Miss Terry with the hope that in her case the sacrifice of public triumph may be rewarded by a full measure of that private happiness which is but the just recompense of an exemplary, a laborious, conscientious and devoted life, on and off the stage, as the annals of the English theatre--not unfruitful in examples of wives--may show." _Punch_ was just as enthusiastic and published a long eulogy in verse, two stanzas of which I quote below:-- She has passed from us just as the goal she had sighted, From the top of the ladder reached fairly at last; With her laurels still springing, no leaf of them blighted, And a fortune:--how bright!--may be gauged by her past. May this rhyme, kindly meant as it is, not offend her, All fragrant with flowers be the path of her life, May the joy she has given in blessings attend her, And her happiest part be the part of "The Wife." Although I was not intended to enter the theatrical profession, the stage never failed to attract me; and once, when I was still at school, I was presented with a seat in exactly the centre of the dress circle at a theatre where Miss Bateman (who became Mrs. Crowe) was taking the part of Leah. I remember this fine actress made a great sensation, especially in one scene where she uttered a rousing curse with great declamatory power; the house was hushed with excitement and admiration; and you could have heard the proverbial pin drop, when I ... who had been playing football that morning, was suddenly seized with the most excruciating cramp; I arose ... and could not help standing up to rub away the pain in my leg, the curse then for the moment echoing throughout the audience.