Thinking, as I did, that he was speaking of our own old Queen Charlotte, I could make no meaning out of this; but my father told me afterwards that both Nelson and Lady Hamilton had conceived an extraordinary affection for the Queen of Naples, and that it was the interests of her little kingdom which he had so strenuously at heart.
Comme je me figurais qu'il parlait de notre vieille reine Charlotte, je ne comprenais rien à ses paroles, mais mon père me dit ensuite que Nelson et Lady Hamilton s'étaient pris d'une affection extraordinaire pour la reine de Naples et c'étaient les intérêts de ce petit royaume qui lui tenaient si fort à coeur.