"What sort of man is the one I'm going to marry?"
"You understand my character, and because I haven't had much interaction with him, I cannot hastily judge his character, nor deceive you through subjective assumptions. I can only share with you what I have observed: his hair color and blue eyes are much like yours, with a handsome, straight nose, a gentle and charming mouth, and immaculate teeth. Whenever he smiles, his expression is particularly enchanting, making people involuntarily believe that he must be kind, lovable, and exceptionally intelligent."
"Is he a handsome man? Is he more like the medieval knight appearing in Sir Walter Scott's novels, or the masked man in the London fog from your writings, or perhaps the dashing young Duke in Disraeli's novels?"
"Only a noble medieval knight is worthy of the British Queen, and this is the happiness you are rightfully entitled to."
——"Empire's Decisions: The Letters of Queen Victoria"
