The stay here has done Fernando a great deal of good, and it cannot be denied that he is quite another person.

It has given me some trouble, but I have written down for him everything which he ought to know about the organisation of a government _in general_, and what will be necessary in specie to carry on successfully the Government in Portugal....

My inclinations, as you are aware, would have led me to the East, but certainly the only thing which reconciles me with my not having done so is that it has made me to remain near you, and will enable me to see you and to be useful to you.
[Footnote 1: The Queen's first cousin, Prince Ferdinand (son of Prince Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg, who was brother of the Duchess of Kent and the King of the Belgians), aged nineteen, who married the Queen of Portugal on 9th April.

He was at this time visiting the King of the Belgians on his way to Portugal.] _The Princess Victoria to the King of the Belgians._ KENSINGTON PALACE, _7th March 1836._ ...

You are very kind, my dearest, best Uncle, to say that "the only thing which reconciles you" for not having gone to Greece is, that you are near me and can see me.