Here our kings, or at least the ministers they appointed, have always governed; often unwisely I admit, but is it likely that the mob would govern better?
That is the question.
At present they seem bent on showing their incapacity to govern even themselves." The Marquis de St.Caux had, in some respects, the thoughts and opinions of the old school.

He was a royalist pure and simple.

As to politics, he troubled his head little about them.

These were a matter for ministers.

It was their business to find a remedy for the general ills.