Let them last for ever! She was surrounded by Whigs, she was free to do whatever she wanted, she had Lord M.; she could not believe that she could ever be happier.

Any change would be for the worse; and the worst change of all...

no, she would not hear of it; it would be quite intolerable, it would upset everything, if she were to marry.

And yet everyone seemed to want her to--the general public, the Ministers, her Saxe-Coburg relations--it was always the same story.

Of course, she knew very well that there were excellent reasons for it.