...sudden this woman, not knowing I was there, came in with the boldest and gayest air possible, but, on sight of me, stopped, and immediately changing her manner, and making a most solemn courtesy, — ' Did your MAJESTY ring ? ' — and then went out again." l This is lively and picturesque,...

...seemed odd and unaccountable, but had left no impressions of suspicion or jealousy. Particularly I remembered that a long while before this, being with...knowing I was there, came in with the boldest and gaiest air possible, but upon sight of me, stopped ; and immediately changing her manner and making...

...the bedchamber) on a sudden this woman, not knowing I was there, came in with the boldest and gaiest air possible, but upon sight of me, stopped ; and...immediately changing her manner and making a most solemn courtesy said, ' Did your Majesty ring ? ' and then went out again. This singular behaviour needed...

...jealousy. Particularly I remembered that a long while before this, being with the Queen (to whom I had gone privately by a secret passage from my lodgings to...immediately changing her manner and making a most solemn courtesy, ' Did your Majesty ring ? ' and then went out again. This singular behaviour needed no interpreter...

...seemed odd and unaccountable, but had left no impressions of suspicion or jealousy. Particularly I remembered that a long while before this, being with the Queen (to whom I had gone privately by a secret passage from my lodgings to the bedchamber), on a sudden this woman, not knowing...