DUKE OF DEVONSHIRE'S SHYNESS.
"Cassell'e Saturday Journal" tells a story which illustrates the Duke of D<rvaonsitir<' , s shyness. One afternoon when it was feared that John Bright was dying one of his sons --an M.P.—was chatting with a feitowmeniber in Tbe tea room of the House of Commons, when Lord Hartingtaa, as his G-rae-e was then, entered the room, and wathont saying a word commenced to walk backwards and forwards in front of the two legislators. "What on earth is Jlartington doing?" demanded Bright's son at length, as he watctred the Marquis pacing to and fro. "Don't you know?" said the other. "He's the shyest man In England. h<? wants to aek you how your father is."' As it turned ont this was precisely what Lard Hantington did want to do, but he was too shy to make the advance.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXV, Issue 38, 13 February 1904, Page 3 (Supplement)
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