Were it not that he is an excellent servant, I should have sent him from the court before this.

He has his own opinions upon everything.

It was but the other day that he would have it that I was wrong when I said that one of the windows in the Trianon was smaller than any of the others.

It was the same size, said he.
I brought Le Metre with his measures, and of course the window was, as I had said, too small.

But I see by your clock that it is four o'clock.
I must go." "My clock, sire, is half an hour slow." "Half an hour!" The king looked dismayed for an instant, and then began to laugh.