His Majesty merely asked him if he had recovered his health; and then, without waiting for an answer, turned to General----, and talked to him near half an hour in great good humour.

It could not be about his successes." This slight was not a revival of the old prejudice entertained by the King before the war, which had been wholly removed by the distinguished services Nelson had rendered afterwards.

Eighteen months before this Davison had written to him: "I waited upon the King early last Sunday morning, and was _alone_ with him a full hour, when much of the conversation was about you.

It is impossible to express how warmly he spoke of you, and asked me a thousand questions about you ...

I have been again at the Queen's house, and have given the King a copy of your last letter to me, giving an account of your health, which he read twice over, with great attention, and with apparent emotion of concern.