You will do this in that honest and kind way which is quite your own, and say some kind things on the subject.

The fact is that the present Ministers are those who will serve you personally with the greatest _sincerity_ and, I trust, attachment.

For them, as well as for the Liberals at large, you are the _only_ Sovereign that offers them _des chances d'existence et de duree_.

With the exception of the Duke of Sussex, there is no _one_ in the family that offers them anything like what they can reasonably hope from you, and your immediate successor, with the mustaches,[49] is enough to frighten them into the most violent attachment for you.
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The irksome position in which you have lived will have the merit to have given you the habit of _discretion_ and _prudence_, as in your position you never can have _too much_ of either.