50993    Your Majesty, as I understand, became entangled with this young person, wrote her some compromising letters, and is now desirous of getting those letters back.'

50994    'Precisely so.

50995    But how-'

50996    'Was there a secret marriage?'

50997    'None.'

50998    'No legal papers or certificates?'

50999    'None.'

51000    'Then I fail to follow Your Majesty.

51001    If this young person should produce her letters for blackmailing or other purposes, how is she to prove their authenticity?'

51002    'There is the writing.'

51003    'Pooh, pooh!

51004    Forgery.'

51005    'My private note-paper.'

51006    'Stolen.'

51007    'My own seal.'