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Dyson received a telegram from Eddington to share the good news: “Through cloud, hopeful.”
The Sobral team reported: “Splendid.”
Dyson joked that if the plates didn't show light deflection, "Eddington will go mad, and [Cottingham] will have to come home alone."
On May 30th, Eddington eagerly examined the plates and told Cottingham, “You won’t have to go home alone.”