37/91 The question and the answer were repeated many times; but at last there was a pause, and then a gentler knocking. "Who is there ?" came once more the relentless question. But this time the reply was different. "Your wife, Albert." And the door was immediately opened. He began to find the study of politics less uninteresting than he had supposed; he read Blackstone, and took lessons in English Law; he was occasionally present when the Queen interviewed her Ministers; and at Lord Melbourne's suggestion he was shown all the despatches relating to Foreign Affairs. |