CHAPTER IX.
1840 _Queen Victoria to the Prince Albert._ BUCKINGHAM PALACE, _11th January 1840._ STOCKMAR is here; I saw him yesterday and to-day, and have begged him to explain to you _all the Court affairs, and the affairs concerning the Treaty_, in my name.

He will explain to you the Treasury affair, and will do it much better than I should.

I am very happy to see him again, and to have him here; he can give such good advice to both of us, and he understands England so fully....

Stocky (as I always used to call him) is so sensible about everything, and is _so much_ attached to you.
I shall have no great dinners, because the large rooms in the upper story here are not yet ready.

My good old Primus[1] usually dines with me three or four times a week, almost always on Sundays, _when I cannot invite other people to dinner, as it is not reckoned right here for me to give dinners on Sunday, or to invite many people_.