She herself could never be Queen of France.

It is a hard thing to say of a woman--" Monsieur de Gemosac paused for a moment in reflection.
"Yes," he said at length, "a hard thing.

But this is a hard world, Monsieur Colville, and will not allow either men or women to be angels.
I have known and served the Duchess all my life, and I confess that she has never lost sight of the fact that, should Louis XVII.

be found, she herself would never be Queen of France.

One is not a Bourbon for nothing." "One is not a stateswoman and a daughter of kings for nothing," amended Colville, with his tolerant laugh; for he was always ready to make allowances.