![]() He is a very straightforward, honest, clever and good man. ![]() I like him very much and feel confidence in him. ![]() I then talked with him some little longer time after which he left me. He then read to me the Declaration which I was to read to the Council, which he wrote himself and which is a very fine one. He kissed my hand and I then acquainted him that it had long been my intention to retain him and the rest of the present Ministry at the head of affairs, and that it could not be in better hands than his. "At 9 came Lord Melbourne, whom I saw in my room, and of COURSE quite ALONE as I shall always do all my Ministers. To my ear, this extract from Queen Victoria's first meeting with Melbourne sounds very much like the voice in the book: ![]() The full journals are online but sadly only available to those logging in from the UK but snippets can be found in various places. In response to lbellg - I thought the same about the writing until I went and read some snippets from Queen Victoria's journals. ![]()
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