31/329 I was a little, little vexed by a letter this morning from my brother George; but _pazienza_, we must bear these things. (Not on my account, observe.) 'But,' said Mr.Russell, 'it's extraordinary, the sensation your wife's book has made. Every paper I see has something to say about it,' added he; 'it is curious. The offence has been less in the objections to England than in the praise of Napoleon. Certainly Monckton Milnes said a good thing when he was asked lately in Paris what, after all, you English wanted. |