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Chapter 35

           Themajorityresembledcarefullytrainedbaboonsrespectablyclothedandartisticallyshavenbutneverthelessallwiththespasmodicgrin,theleeringeyeandtheuncouthgesturesofthehairywoodlandmonster.WhenIwasjusteighteenI‘cameout’inearnestthatis,IwaspresentedatCourtwithallthefoolishandfarcicalpomppractisedonsuchoccasions.Iwastoldbeforegoingthatitwasagreatandnecessarythingtobe‘presented,’—thatitwasaguaranteeofposition,andaboveallofreputationtheQueenreceivednonewhoseconductwasnotrigidlycorrectandvirtuous.Whathumbugitallwas!Ilaughedthen,andIcansmilenowtothinkofitwhy,theverywomanwhopresentedmehadtwoillegitimatesons,unknowntoherlawfulhusband,andshewasnottheonlyplayfulsinnerintheCourtcomedy!SomewomenweretherethatdaywhomsinceevenIwouldnotreceivesoopenlyinfamousaretheirlivesandcharacters,yettheymaketheirdemurecurtseysbeforetheThroneatstatedtimes,andassumetobetheverypatternsofvirtueandausterity.Nowandthen,itchancesinthecaseofanexceedinglybeautifulwoman,ofwhomalltheothersarejealous,thatforherlittleslipssheisselectedasan‘example’andexcludedfromCourt,whileherplainersisters,thoughsinningseventytimessevenagainstallthelawsofdecencyandmorality,arestillreceivedbutotherwise,thereisverylittlerealcareexercisedastothecharacterandprestigeofthewomenwhomtheQueenreceives.

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