‘That will be the highest honour I could receive.’
‘His Majesty’s health is not yet fully recovered. In consequence, his physicians have advised him to take a sea-voyage in the early part of the year.’
‘I trust it will benefit his Majesty very greatly.’
‘The climate of the Mediterranean has been recommended.’
‘There is no pleasanter climate at that time of year.’
‘As his Majesty will be obliged to pass by the mouth of the Tagus, it will seem discourteous if he does not land in Lisbon, and see the King.’
‘His Majesty’s courtesy is proverbial.’
‘In visiting his Maltese subjects he will be so near Italy that King Victor may expect to see him in Rome.’
‘That will be only natural.’
‘In case his Majesty should feel tired of so much sea, he may feel it pleasanter to return overland.’