When Sir John Lawrence returned to London, one of the first things he did was to call at South Street, and leave, with a little note, "a small shawl of the fine hair of the Thibet goat." He did not presume, he said, to ask to see her without an appointment, but would call another day if she cared to give him one. Three days later (April 3, 1869), he came, and all Miss Nightingale's admiration returned on the instant. She made a long note of his conversation, which ranged over the whole field of Indian government. On the subject of Public Health she recorded with pleasure his saying to her: "You initiated the reform which initiated Public Opinion which made things possible, and now there is not a station in India where there is not something doing." But "in the first place," she wrote, "when I see him again, I see that there is nobody like him. He is Rameses II. of Egypt. All the Ministers are rats and weasels by his side." And to a friend she afterwards said:[99] "Peace hath higher tests of manhood than battle ever knew. He has left his mark on India. Wherever superstition or ignorance or starvation or dirt or fever or famine, or the wild bold lawlessness of brave races, or the cringing slavishness of clever feeble races was to be found, there he has left his mark. He has set India on a new track which--may his successors follow!-- Knight of a better era Without reproach or fear, Said I not well that Bayards And Sidneys still are here!" [99] Letter to Madame Mohl, March 26, 1869. CHAPTER III PUBLIC HEALTH MISSIONARY FOR INDIA (1868-1872) There is a vast work going on in India, and the fruits will be reaped in time. Not all at once. We must go on working in faith and in hope.--DR. JOHN SUTHERLAND (_Letter to Miss Nightingale_, August 16, 1871).