the �Happy Man� followed, Brougham playing the Irish
Hero of it. Verily he is marvellously rich in Irish parts,
and every way a fine actor � does no vulgarisms or gag too.
When in Sir Lucius he has to say, �If I cannot succeed
myself, I�m glad to see success in others,� the audience took
the phrase as applicable to his own ill fortune in former Lyceum
management, & cheered lustily, which pleased me. / A
glass of ale at an English place, (where I met Neagle,)
and at midnight down Broadway with Waud, Fay soon
quitting us. Arrived at our corner, a talk with watch-
man Murtough & decent into a small basement cellar that
day opened in the very bottom of �our� building as an oyster &
drinking place. Not much bigger than a pantry, proprietor
to match; � a b�hoy imbibing and a girl of the town. Ten
minutes & a drink, then with Waud mounted aloft to my
room, & to bed. He on floor with buffalo-hide & long
sofa lid of my box, & pillow; I in box.
26. Sunday. Breakfast at Sweeneys with Waud. He back
reading �Bleak House�, I drawing �Soutag�s� portrait on wood
for Lockington, who called for it, once alone, (ere we had
risen,) & anon with Holbrook, after Waud had gone down
town, to draw at Chapin�s. Finished at 1, & straight
to Mr Royal�s as promised. Dined, though after time,