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after that?

Perkins:

Yes. Oh, yes. One of these Cabinet meetings, I stayed afterwards to see him, and--

Interviewer:

Do you remember this White House reception for the Governor-general of Canada and Princess Alice?

Perkins:

Yes. Yes, the Duke of Connaught. That was March 22. Well, the President was all right and gay then. I mean, he looked pleasant. He was thin, but he looked agreeable and pleasant. He was very fond of the Duke of Connaught, you know. Remember when he married Princess Alice, who was the daughter of Queen Victoria? The old Scotchman of the place? Oh, it was ages ago. They're the most elderly people still living. You know, they're very, very old dating from Queen Victoria's reign.

The old Scotchman on the Duke of Connaught's place, in the pub that night when they were married said, “Sure, it'll be a proud day for the Queen today!”

Interviewer:

Now, you said you saw him after Cabinet on March 23?

Perkins:

Well, I'm not sure that it was the 23rd, but one of those meetings. Was there not one between the 16th and the 23rd? No? Well, at any rate, at one of these





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