3 December 2020 Queen Victoria When I think of a merry, happy, free young girl – and look at the ailing, aching state a young wife generally is doomed to – which you can’t deny is the penalty of marriage.
3 December 2020 Queen Victoria Great events make me quiet and calm it is only trifles that irritate my nerves.
3 December 2020 Queen Victoria I think people really marry far too much it is such a lottery after all, and for a poor woman a very doubtful happiness.