The whims, the haughty airs, the fits of ill temper, were on the side of the waiting woman.
Nothing is more curious than the relation in which the two ladies stood to Mr.Freeman, as they called Marlborough.

In foreign countries people knew in general that Anne was governed by the Churchills.

They knew also that the man who appeared to enjoy so large a share of her favour was not only a great soldier and politician, but also one of the finest gentlemen of his time, that his face and figure were eminently handsome, his temper at once bland and resolute, his manners at once engaging and noble.

Nothing could be more natural than that graces and accomplishments like his should win a female heart.

On the Continent therefore many persons imagined that he was Anne's favoured lover; and he was so described in contemporary French libels which have long been forgotten.