At that time, the priest's brother was planning to travel to Britain, so he consulted Mr. Owen about some common sense of living in Britain. You know Mr. Owen is our great American writer, and his works are very well recognized in Britain, so the priest's brother also hoped he could introduce some British celebrities to help broaden his horizons.
Mr. Owen is a very generous person, he readily agreed to the request and even offered to write a letter of recommendation. He then talked about the friends he made in Britain, great poets from the Lake Poets like William Wordsworth and Coleridge were all his friends. Moreover, Mr. Owen also mentioned that the reason he was able to return to America on time this time was all thanks to a gentleman named Arthur Hastings.
Bismarck responded disapprovingly: "Maybe he's not talking about the same person; after all, there must be quite a few guys named Arthur Hastings in Britain."
