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Chapter 28

           OutofallthevisitorsatWillowsmeretheonlyonewhomitwasreallyapleasuretoservewasthePrinceofWaleshimself—andamidthemanypersonalirritationsIhadtosufferfromothers,Ifounditapositiverelieftorenderhimanyattention,howeverslight,becausehismannerwasalwaysmarkedbythattactandcourtesywhicharethebestattributesofatruegentlemanwhetherhebeprinceorpeasant.Inhisownaffableway,hewentoneafternoontoseeMavisClare,andcamebackinhighgood-humour,talkingforsometimeofnothingbuttheauthorof‘Differences,’andofthesuccessshehadachievedinliterature.IhadaskedMavistojoinourpartybeforethePrincecame,asIfeltprettysurehewouldnothaveerasedhernamefromthelistofguestssubmittedtohim—butshewouldnotaccept,andbeggedmeveryearnestlynottopressthepoint.

           "IlikethePrince,"—shehadsaid—"Mostpeoplelikehimwhoknowhim—butIdonotalwayslikethosewhosurroundhim—pardonmeformyfrankness!ThePrinceofWalesisasocialmagnet—hedrawsanumberofpersonsafterhimwhobydintofwealth,ifnotintelligence,cancontriveto‘push’intohisset.NowIamnotanadvocateof‘push’—moreoverIdonotcaretobeseenwith‘everybody’;—thisismysinfulprideyouwillsay,orasourAmericancousinswouldputit,my‘cussedness.’

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