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18 February 1906 — En route to Ceylon | |
Sunday. 18th [February 1906]. There was a morning service at 11 read by the Presbyterian Minister who looked nice in his black gown & white neck bands. We attended. Then I retired to my cabin with a headache & remained there till 4 when I went on the upper deck to tea. In the evening the Princess talked much about herself & her sad life. She was sitting on the ground by my side. I felt very sad for her—but she spoke with much good sense & feeling & said she was thankful that she had had the strength from day to day to go thro’ it & that she had come thro’ the trial without any bitterness against the world & is still able to enjoy things & to see the good in people. She spoke with anxiety of the prospects of her cousin the future Queen of Spain. She says she is of a curious nature—knows all good & evil & will probably not be very set in her notions of right & wrong & has great animal spirits. I told her that what I knew of the Spanish character was not such as to help to guide her thro’ life & that to begin with, her easy acquiescence in the change of her religion was not reassuring. All our English letters speak of the discontent in England at the marriage. It will be the first time since the reformation that an English Princess goes over to Rome. I do not believe that it will bring anyone a blessing. | |
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