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  • Title: 227
  • Author(s): Baron Ferdinand De RothChild
  • Date of creation: 1890
  • Extent: 2pp
  • Material: Paper
  • Physical Location: Waddesdon Manor

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( 39 ) noblemen of the highest rank, ruined their health and squandered their fortunes at games of hazard, the private life of the King was unstained by such extravagant follies. It contributed more than ever to endear him to his subjects, whose sympathy was still further stimulated by the serene fortitude with which he bore the bitterest bereavements in his family. His unfailing affability and good humour were widely known and appreciated by the people. It is related of him that on one occasion when hunt- ing he hailed a man to unlock a gate, who lazily answered,— ‘Nay, ye mun gang aboot.’ ‘Gang aboot!’ replied his Majesty ; ‘open the gate, man: I am the King!’ ‘Why may be,’ said the yokel; ‘but ye mun gang aboot if ye er.’ And sure enough the King had to ‘ gang aboot.’ The landlord of the farm afterward hastened to apologise, the King only said,— ‘] wish I had such fine fellows in my pay as “ Auld Gang Aboot.” Tell him from me that I shall always be glad to see him.’ And ‘Auld Gang Aboot’ never afterwards visited the Palace without receiving some solid proof of the King’s favour. But the sunshine of conjugal felicity and the pride of regal splendour were fated to end in
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