I could have sent my colored boy, but he had fallen asleep and I hated to wake him." The late King Edward, when Prince of Wales, the first gentleman in Europe, invited an eminent man to dine with him.

When coffee was served, the guest, to the consternation of the others, drank from his saucer.

An open titter of amusement went round the table.

The Prince, quickly noting the cause of the untimely amusement, gravely emptied his cup into his saucer and drank after the manner of his guest.

Silent and abashed, the other members of the princely household took the rebuke and did the same.
Queen Victoria sent for Carlyle, who was a Scotch peasant, offering him the title of nobleman, which he declined, feeling that he had always been a nobleman in his own right.