Have you ever known a man so roundly gifted as my brother, my lord ?" "A most admirable prince," answered the Ambassador, gravely and without enthusiasm, for he feared that the King was about to speak of his brother's possible marriage with Queen Mary of Scots.
"And a most affectionate and gentle nature," said Philip, musing.

"I remember from the time when he was a boy that every one loved him and praised him, and yet he is not spoiled.

He is always the same.

He is my brother--how often have I wished for such a son! Well, he may yet be King.

Who should, if not he, when I am gone ?" "Your Majesty need not anticipate such a frightful calamity!" cried the Princess fervently, though she was at that moment weighing the comparative advantage of several mortal diseases by which, in appearance at least, his exit from the world might be accelerated.
"Life is very uncertain, Princess," observed the King.