Goodness they prized above every other human quality; and Victoria, who had said that she would be good at the age of twelve, had kept her word.

Duty, conscience, morality--yes! in the light of those high beacons the Queen had always lived.

She had passed her days in work and not in pleasure--in public responsibilities and family cares.

The standard of solid virtue which had been set up so long ago amid the domestic happiness of Osborne had never been lowered for an instant.

For more than half a century no divorced lady had approached the precincts of the Court.