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( 13) ) tically said that they would probably have some diffi- culty in finding it. After a voyage of ten days, during which time the future Queen of England remained gay, and amused herself by singing to her harpsichord, she arrived at St. James’s Palace, where she was found to be easy-going, and civil, and_ self-possessed. She was received by the Duchess of Hamilton, who smiled at seeing her turn somewhat pale ; whereupon she remarked, ‘My dear Duchess, you may laugh— you have been married twice—but it is no joke to me.’ Though short, and her figure thinner than it might have been, the natural paleness of her face was set off to advantage by her sleek, dark- brown hair; and though her mouth was somewhat large, pearly teeth, and a countenance expressive of good nature and good sense, made amends for the lack of beauty. In later years her want of charms became less observable. This being once said to her Chamberlain, he replied, ‘ Yes ; I do think that the bloom of her ugliness is going off.’ Her temper was well suited to the disposition of the King ror) never passed between them. In her modest German and throughout their long union a cloud home she had been accustomed to run about from morning to night, visiting the poor, looking after her poultry-yard, and attending to a small garden of medicinal herbs, and common fruit and flowers,