. England in the nineteenth century;. o take part in a public fete) met andwelcomed her. Three days later she was married. The Prince of Waless country residence is at Sandring-ham, in Norfolk. It is said that Prince Albert selected itfor his son because, being quite off the route of travellers,it is one of the quietest places in England. Here thefamily leads a country life, greatly beloved by its neighbors,tenants, and the villagers. The Prince and his guestshunt with the neighboring gentry, and entertain them in acountry-neighborly way. Sandringham, instead of being acentre of intrigue, such
. England in the nineteenth century;. o take part in a public fete) met andwelcomed her. Three days later she was married. The Prince of Waless country residence is at Sandring-ham, in Norfolk. It is said that Prince Albert selected itfor his son because, being quite off the route of travellers,it is one of the quietest places in England. Here thefamily leads a country life, greatly beloved by its neighbors,tenants, and the villagers. The Prince and his guestshunt with the neighboring gentry, and entertain them in acountry-neighborly way. Sandringham, instead of being acentre of intrigue, such as has too often clustered round anheir-apparent, is a real home, where the Prince (in spiteof his crop of wild oats) is a most affectionate husband andfather, surrounding himself with literary men and artists,noblemen of refined tastes, and distinguished foreigners. Eight years after his marriage the Prince of Wales wastaken desperately ill with typhoid fever. He contracted itat a friends hunting-lodge, from imperfect drainage. All. FHINCESS OF IVALES. QUEEN VICTORIAS JUBILEE. 431 England was filled with anxiety, and the Queen and hissisters hastened to his sick bed. I shall never resist illness, said Prince Albert once tothe Queen. You would struggle, but I should Prince of Wales, as his mother would have done, foughthard for his life. But great as his vitality was, the doctorsdespaired of saving him. Nothing they could do wouldmake him sleep. At this crisis an old woman presentedherself at the gale of Sandringham with a hop pillow. If itmight be put under his head, she was sure it would beof service to him. The hop pillow was used accordingly ;the Prince slept, and recovered. There is a white marble slab in the parish church at Sand-ringham, recording in simple beautiful words the thankfulnessof his wife for his recovery. When the fever left him, sherose in the early morning from beside his bed, and, withone of her ladies, walked across the fields to early morni
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