She was not to be pitied for that, and to pretend to condole with her would have been to make concessions to the idea that she had ever had a right to think of Morris.
Hypocrisy at such a moment is worse than useless, and I therefore do not condole with you, particularly as the event, though new to a banished man like me, occurred so long since.
'My Dear Sir, 'I feel myself called upon, by our relationship, and my situation in life, to condole with you on the grievous affliction you are now suffering under, of which we were yesterday informed by a letter from Hertfordshire.
The grandees then took advantage of the situation to announce that they had received orders from their respective rulers to condole with His Majesty and openly requested that Crown Prince Zheng should ascend the throne.