Children were born to the royal pair: and Anne was by no means without the feelings of a mother.

But the tenderness which she felt for her offspring was languid when compared with her devotion to the companion of her early years.

At length the Princess became impatient of the restraint which etiquette imposed on her.

She could not bear to hear the words Madam and Royal Highness from the lips of one who was more to her than a sister.

Such words were indeed necessary in the gallery or the drawingroom; but they were disused in the closet.