Avoid them as much as you can with decency and good manners; but when you cannot, avoid any political conversation or debates with them; tell them that you do not concern yourself with political matters: that you are neither maker nor a Deposer of kings; that when you left England, you left a king in it, and have not since heard either of his death, or of any revolution that has happened; and that you take kings and kingdoms as you find them; but enter no further into matters with them, which can be of no use, and might bring on heats and quarrels.
"Letters to His Son, 1749"
The Earl of Chesterfield
Claudet maliciously took advantage of the fact, and began to interrogate his would-be Deposer by pretending to doubt his identity.
"A Woodland Queen, Complete"
Andre Theuriet Last Updated: March 3, 2009