Did he say anything to you about King Charles the First, child ?' 'Yes, aunt.' 'Ah!' said my aunt, rubbing her nose as if she were a little vexed.
'That's his allegorical way of expressing it.

He connects his illness with great disturbance and agitation, naturally, and that's the figure, or the simile, or whatever it's called, which he chooses to use.

And why shouldn't he, if he thinks proper!' I said: 'Certainly, aunt.' 'It's not a business-like way of speaking,' said my aunt, 'nor a worldly way.

I am aware of that; and that's the reason why I insist upon it, that there shan't be a word about it in his Memorial.' 'Is it a Memorial about his own history that he is writing, aunt ?' 'Yes, child,' said my aunt, rubbing her nose again.

'He is memorializing the Lord Chancellor, or the Lord Somebody or other--one of those people, at all events, who are paid to be memorialized--about his affairs.