She had reigned for sixty years, and she was not out.

And then, she was a character.

The outlines of her nature were firmly drawn, and, even through the mists which envelop royalty, clearly visible.

In the popular imagination her familiar figure filled, with satisfying ease, a distinct and memorable place.

It was, besides, the kind of figure which naturally called forth the admiring sympathy of the great majority of the nation.