Oh!--" he wrinkled his nose.

"I can't stand the Battenbergs." "Mount Battens," said Lilly.
"Yes! Awful mistake, changing the royal name.

They were Guelfs, why not remain it?
Why, I'll tell you what Battenberg did.

He was in the Guards, too--" The talk flowed on: about royalty and the Guards, Buckingham Palace and St.James.
"Rather a nice story about Queen Victoria.

Man named Joyce, something or other, often used to dine at the Palace.