You must be pleased, dear Uncle, I think, for we shall have been _six months_ in the country next Thursday, as we left town on the 10th of August last, and I am sure you will stand by me for my having my season fully, as you may understand that my _Operatic_ and _Terpsichorean_ feelings are pretty strong, now that the season is returning, and I have been a very good child, not even _wishing_ to come to town till now.

We shall certainly come here for the Easter week.
Dr Clark[17] arrived here quite happy last night, bringing the news that Van de Weyer had had the best news from Lisbon he had received since his return, that all had gone off quietly, that Ferdinand was daily gaining popularity, and that both he and the Queen had been very well received at the theatre.

The man who threw a stone at Ferdinand was a Frenchman, whom, it seems, Ferdinand had relieved with money over and over again.

A fine specimen of gratitude! I hope and trust with you that there will be less violence in Parliament this year, but much is to be feared.
You will miss my good cousins Ernest and Albert very much, I am sure; I hope you will instil into them to take enough exercise and not to study too much.
There were two questions in my last letter but one, which you have not answered, dear Uncle.

They are: 1st, What you think of the Queen Christina of Spain, what opinion _you_ have of her, as one cannot believe _reports_?
2nd, If you know what sort of people are about poor little Queen Isabel, and if she is being _well_ or _ill_ brought up ?...
[Footnote 17: Afterwards Sir James Clark, and Physician-in-Ordinary to the Queen.] [Pageheading: A DINNER PARTY] [Pageheading: THE THRONE OF GREECE] _The Princess Victoria to the King of the Belgians._ _14th March 1837._ ...