"It is my fate, and no man can change the destiny to which he was born.

I must also endure the bowing and the adulation.

Men shall honor my ancestors and respect in me their descendant, but I shall never again be without friends if it be in my power to possess them.

As I have said, that is difficult for one placed above his fellow-man." "There is the trouble with men of your degree," I answered.

"Friends are not like castles, cities, and courtly servitors.