But this duke, whose dukedom very likely dates back to the hour of the Norman Conquest, is a very different person, and is to be met under very different circumstances.

He may ask me my politics.

Of course I can tell him that I am a Mugwump, but what if he asks me why I am a Mugwump ?" "He will not," Hilda answered.

"Englishmen are not wholly devoid of feeling!" "And how shall I address him ?" I went on.

"Does one call him 'your Grace,' or 'your Royal Highness'?
Oh for a thousandth-part of the unblushing impertinence of that countrywoman of mine who called your future king 'Tummy'! but she was a beauty, and I am not pretty enough to be anything but discreetly well-mannered.