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Chapter 28

           OutofallthevisitorsatWillowsmeretheonlyonewhomitwasreallyapleasuretoservewasthePrinceofWaleshimselfandamidthemanypersonalirritationsIhadtosufferfromothers,Ifounditapositiverelieftorenderhimanyattention,howeverslight,becausehismannerwasalwaysmarkedbythattactandcourtesywhicharethebestattributesofatruegentlemanwhetherhebeprinceorpeasant.Inhisownaffableway,hewentoneafternoontoseeMavisClare,andcamebackinhighgood-humour,talkingforsometimeofnothingbuttheauthorof‘Differences,’andofthesuccessshehadachievedinliterature.IhadaskedMavistojoinourpartybeforethePrincecame,asIfeltprettysurehewouldnothaveerasedhernamefromthelistofguestssubmittedtohimbutshewouldnotaccept,andbeggedmeveryearnestlynottopressthepoint.

           "IlikethePrince,"shehadsaid"MostpeoplelikehimwhoknowhimbutIdonotalwayslikethosewhosurroundhimpardonmeformyfrankness!ThePrinceofWalesisasocialmagnethedrawsanumberofpersonsafterhimwhobydintofwealth,ifnotintelligence,cancontriveto‘push’intohisset.NowIamnotanadvocateof‘push’moreoverIdonotcaretobeseenwith‘everybody’;thisismysinfulprideyouwillsay,orasourAmericancousinswouldputit,my‘cussedness.

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