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The Queen thanks Mr Martin for his two kind letters, and invites him to Osborne for two or three days, where he will meet M. Silvain van de Weyer,
gpt
This meeting led to an unbroken friendship with the singularly gifted man so well described by Her Majesty. From him I learned much that was of service to my immediate purpose in depicting the early part of the Prince's life. He had been so completely behind the scenes also in all the political movements of the time, that I hoped to have the benefit of his knowledge in dealing with the subsequent years as well. But this was not to be. To my infinite regret, he died before the first volume of the Life was published;[1] but he read the proof-sheets of the greater part of it, and I was greatly encouraged by the warmth of his approval. In the same letter the Queen goes on to say:
human
The Queen is reading Mr Martin's _Correggio_,[2] of which she used to hear her governess, the Baroness Lehzen, so often speak. Would he let her have a copy to send to the Baroness?
gpt
This day, the letter adds,
human
H. M. gave me her hand, and welcomed me most kindly. I am desired to ask for everything as if I were at home;