When Mr. Davys came in the morning, he would frequently inquire if she had been good. One day he asked the Duchess:
"Was the Princess good while she was in the nursery?"
"She was good this morning," replied her mother, "but yesterday there was quite a little storm."
"Yes, mamma," added the honest little girl, "there were two storms, one when I was washed and another when I was dressed."
Sometimes her honesty put her mother into a difficult position. One day the Duchess said:
"Victoria, when you are naughty you make both me and yourself very unhappy."
"No, mamma," the child replied, "not me, but you."
The lessons went on with much regularity, considering that the pupil was a princess. On her fourth birthday she not only had a birthday party, but she was invited to court. "Uncle King," as she called George IV., gave a state dinner, and she was asked to be one of the guests. Most children, however, would have thought the invitation hardly worth accepting, for she was only brought into the room for a few minutes to speak to the King and the royal family, then she was taken away to eat her usual simple meal.
When the Princess had been studying with Mr. Davys about five months, she was taken to the seashore, and from there she wrote, or, rather, printed, a letter to her tutor. It said:
"MY DEAR SIR I DO NOT FORGET MY LETTERS NOR WILL I FORGET YOU VICTORIA."