Within royal palaces : a brilliant and charmingly written inner view of emperors, kings, queens, princes and princesses ... . Convict Colony of Manilla. King Alfonso THE ROYAL FAMILY OF SPAIN. 489 did this with the object of putting out of public sight and, asfar as possible, out of public mind the cause that had con-tributed more than anything else to bring the fame of hismother into disrepute. I may add that Marfori died a fewmonths ago, greatlyto the relief of theSpanish Royal fami-lies. With all her faultsQueen Isabella is bothvery queenly, verywitty and extremelygood-natured. Of thelatter
Within royal palaces : a brilliant and charmingly written inner view of emperors, kings, queens, princes and princesses ... . Convict Colony of Manilla. King Alfonso THE ROYAL FAMILY OF SPAIN. 489 did this with the object of putting out of public sight and, asfar as possible, out of public mind the cause that had con-tributed more than anything else to bring the fame of hismother into disrepute. I may add that Marfori died a fewmonths ago, greatlyto the relief of theSpanish Royal fami-lies. With all her faultsQueen Isabella is bothvery queenly, verywitty and extremelygood-natured. Of thelatter quality the fol-lowing little incidentwill serve as an illus-tration. One day,about two years ago,a poor woman whomakes a living atParis by mending rarelaces, and who in-cluded among hercustomers many o fthe greatest ladies inParis, presented her- ex-queen Isabella. self at the gate of the Palace dCastille, and having suc-ceeded in obtaining access to the Queen, told her withmany tears that an illegitimate child of the late King AlfonsoXII., a litde boy of nine years, was dying of diphtheria at herown humble 490 WITHIN ROYAL PALACES. Don Alfonso had inherited his mothers ardent passions,and was by no means a faithful husband. Every time he
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