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Romantic castles and palaces (1901)

Singleton, Esther, d 1930, [from old catalog] ed. and tr · New York, Dodd, Mead & co. · leaf 90

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William.Anne, as we have seen at Campden House, was a dullwoman with a dull husband. They had little to say forthemselves; their greatest pleasures were in eating anddrinking; the Oueen was absurdly found of etiquette;and as there was nothing to startle decorum in the courtmorals, the mistress in… … KENSINGTON PALACE 57 some that were near her, and then upon hearing thatdinner was ready, going out. In the evening she played atcards; which, long before, and afterwards, was the usualcourt pastime at that hour. She does not appear to have been fond of music, or pic-tures, or books, or anything…

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