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The Letters of Queen Victoria, Volume 1 (of 3), 1837-1843)

CHAPTER VI
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Lady Cadogan, who is not long come back from Paris, says that the Duke of Orleans has been going out very little and is remarkably well.

I saw a report in the papers that he and the Duc de Nemours were coming over here, which I fear is not true; I wish it was....
There is one thing in your former letter which I must answer, or, rather, more advert to.

You said to me, that if it was not for me, you would regret Greece very much.

Now, I assure you, dearest Uncle, you ought not to regret it, though there is not a doubt that _Greece_ would be much happier were you there.

But I have heard from various people who have been staying in Greece that they very soon got to like the Turks much better than the Greeks, who are very untrue, and are quite banditti-like; then, again, the country, though undoubtedly fine in parts, is a rocky and barren country, and also you are constantly exposed to the effects of the Plague, that most dreadful of all evils; and then, lastly, how very, very far you would be, how cut off from all those who are dear to you, and how exposed to dangers of all kinds! I much grieve that they are quarrelling so much in the French Chambers.[27] I must now conclude.
[Footnote 18: Richard Whateley, formerly Principal of St Alban Hall, and Drummond Professor of Political Economy at Oxford.] [Footnote 19: Louisa Honoria, wife of the third Earl, and sister of Joseph, first Lord Wallscourt.] [Footnote 20: Archibald, fourth Earl of Rosebery, and Anne Margaret, his second wife, daughter of the first Viscount Anson.] [Footnote 21: Edward Stanley, afterwards fourteenth Earl of Derby, thrice Prime Minister.] [Footnote 22: Chief Secretary for Ireland.] [Footnote 23: John Henry, first Viscount, formerly M.P.


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