10/18 Wherever he goes he carries his wine with him and his valet and his grooms;--and if he thinks there is anything to fear, his cook also. He is more ignorant than a boy of fifteen with us, and yet he manages to have something to say about everything. When his ignorance has been made as clear as the sun at noon-day, he is no whit ashamed. One would say that such a life would break the heart of any man; but upon my word, I doubt whether I ever came across a human being so self-satisfied as this young lord. |