Sir Reginald Macdonald's caricature.--H.R.H. the Duke of Edinburgh's invitation.--The _Lively_.--The _Hercules_.-- Admiral Sir William Hewitt.--Irish excursions.--The Channel Squadron.--Fishing party at Loch Brine.--The young Princes arrive on the _Bacchante_.--Cruise to Vigo.--The "Night Alarm."--The Duke as _bon voyageur_.--Vigo.--The birthday picnic.--A bear-fight on board the _Hercules_.--Homeward bound.--Good-bye.--The Duke's visit to my studio. 252 CHAPTER XIII YACHTSMEN--FOREIGN RULERS Sir Reginald Macdonald's caricature.--H.R.H. the Duke of Edinburgh's invitation.--The _Lively_.--The _Hercules_.-- Admiral Sir William Hewitt.--Irish excursions.--The Channel Squadron.--Fishing party at Loch Brine.--The young Princes arrive on the _Bacchante_.--Cruise to Vigo.--The "Night Alarm."--The Duke as _bon voyageur_.--Vigo.--The birthday picnic.--A bear-fight on board the _Hercules_.--Homeward bound.--Good-bye.--The Duke's visit to my studio. 252 CHAPTER XIV MUSICIANS--AUTHORS--ACTORS AND ARTISTS Wagner.--Richter.--Dan Godfrey.--Arthur Cecil.--Sir Frederick Bridge and bombs.--W. S. Penley.--Sir Herbert Tree.--Max Beerbohm.--Mr. and Mrs. Kendal.--Henry Kemble.--Sir Edgar Boehm.--George Du Maurier.--Rudyard Kipling.--Alfred Austin. --William Black.--Thomas Hardy.--W. E. Henley.--Egerton Castle. --Samuel Smiles.--Farren.--Sir Squire and Lady Bancroft.--Dion Boucicault and his wife.--Sir Charles Wyndham.--Leo Trevor.-- Cyril Maude.--William Gillette.--The late Dion Boucicault.-- Arthur Bourchier.--Allan Aynesworth.--Charlie Hawtrey.--The Grossmiths.--H. B. Irving.--W. L. Courtney.--Willie Elliot.-- "Beau Little."--Henry Arthur Jones.--Gustave Doré.--J. MacNeil Whistler.--Walter Crane.--F. C. G.--Lady Ashburton and her forgetfulness. 283 CHAPTER XV NOTABLE PEERS--TANGIER--THE TECKS Peers of the Period.--My Voyage to Tangier.--Marlborough House and White Lodge. 303 CHAPTER XVI MARRIAGE--SOME CLERICS--FAREWELL TO _VANITY FAIR_ My engagement and marriage to Miss Topham-Watney.--"Drawl" and the Kruger cartoon.--"The General Group."--Field-Marshal Lord Roberts.--Archbishops Temple and Randall Davidson.--The Bishop of London.--Archbishop of York.--Canon Fleming.--Lord Montagu of Beaulieu.--Lord Salisbury's cartoon.--Mr. Asquith. --Joe Knight.--Lord Newlands.--Four great men in connection with Canada.--The Queen of Spain.--Princess Beatrice of Saxe-Coburg.--General Sir William Francis Butler, G.C.B.--Mr. Witherby.--Farewell to _Vanity Fair_. 321 CHAPTER XVII A HOLIDAY MISFORTUNE--ROYAL PORTRAITS--FAREWELL