Show A soft answer sir sir patrick talbot was at one time ser sergeant 0 cant at arms in the house of lords lie ile had been private secretary to tile the great lord derby when prime in minister inister and aate afterward arward married one of his daughters 0 one day when a large party was present at lord derby burst out at table with tile remark its a curious thin tiling c one never knows what a lot of fools there are in england until one becomes prime minister thereupon talbot at the other end of the file table said yes and one never knows what a fool a prime minister may be until one becomes his private secretary lord derbys reply was thank you pat dundee advertiser |