"You have set an excellent example to my subjects." "Then why set a slight upon me ?" "Philippe!" "Yes, sire, I say it is a slight.

We are of royal blood, and our wives are of royal blood also.

You married the Princess of Spain; I married the Princess of Bavaria.

It was a condescension, but still I did it.
My first wife was the Princess of England.

How can we admit into a house which has formed such alliances as these a woman who is the widow of a hunchback singer, a mere lampooner, a man whose name is a byword through Europe ?" The king had stared in amazement at his brother, but his anger now overcame his astonishment.
"Upon my word!" he cried; "upon my word! I have said just now that you have been an excellent brother, but I fear that I spoke a little prematurely.