The Earl had been touched, as had the whole of England, by her grace, modesty and propriety when Victoria had been proclaimed Queen of England.
Indeed Greville the Historian had said to the Earl,
“There never was anything like the first impression she produced or the chorus of praise that was raised about her manner and behaviour.”
Since the Earl had known Greville for quite some years and never found him anything but disparaging about anyone in Society, he had been surprised at his fulsome praise of the young Queen.
As the Earl had been abroad when Victoria came to the Throne, Greville had delighted in finding someone to whom he could recount what had happened.
Seeing that the Earl was attentive he had gone on,
“Her extreme youth and inexperience and the ignorance of the world conce
