He hated town life; but more than this, he hated ceremonies, presentations, receptions in hotels, and all the promiscuous contact of political gatherings.
"John Redmond's Last Years"
Stephen Gwynn
As Madame de Pompadour and her immediate entourage were excluded from these solemn functions, the King showed his disapproval of the absence of his friends by arriving as late as etiquette allowed, and by looking on at the presentations, and other paraphernalia of his wife's receptions, in morose and silent ennui.
"Petticoat Rule"
Emmuska Orczy, Baroness Orczy
"Dancing is over, Lydie," he said, "have you not a few presentations to Her Majesty to effect?"
"Petticoat Rule"
Emmuska Orczy, Baroness Orczy