Victoria Confesses (9781442422469)
“On Tuesday, the seventh of May, I received a note from Lord Melbourne; a vote had been called in Parliament on a colonial issue, and the Whigs had lost the necessary majority. Lord Melbourne was forced to step down. Dearest, kind Lord Melbourne, no more my prime minister!
Distress overwhelmed me. I was a poor, helpless girl, clinging to Lord Melbourne, as close to me as any beloved father, for protection and support. In one blow ALL, ALL my happiness was gone, my happy, peaceful life utterly de...stroyed. There would be no more riding out together once we had gone over the work of the day, no more of his amusing conversation at dinner, no more comfortable evenings of chess or whist. It was all finished! I could not bear it!
Dear Daisy knelt beside me and held me in her arms as she had when I was a young child, stroking my hair and trying to comfort me. But I was inconsolable. I could not stop crying.
Late that morning after the vote was taken, Lord Melbourne came to my sitting room, seeming so very solemn and tired, as though he were in mourning.MoreLess
Distress overwhelmed me. I was a poor, helpless girl, clinging to Lord Melbourne, as close to me as any beloved father, for protection and support. In one blow ALL, ALL my happiness was gone, my happy, peaceful life utterly de...stroyed. There would be no more riding out together once we had gone over the work of the day, no more of his amusing conversation at dinner, no more comfortable evenings of chess or whist. It was all finished! I could not bear it!
Dear Daisy knelt beside me and held me in her arms as she had when I was a young child, stroking my hair and trying to comfort me. But I was inconsolable. I could not stop crying.
Late that morning after the vote was taken, Lord Melbourne came to my sitting room, seeming so very solemn and tired, as though he were in mourning.MoreLess
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