The Two Dukes and the Traveller
The following amusing anecdote is related of a commercial traveller who happened to get into the same railway carriage in which the Dukes of Argyle and Northumberland were travelling. The three chatted familiarly until the train stopped at Alnwick Junction, where the Duke of Northumberland got out, and was met by a train of flunkeys and servants. “That must be a great swell,” said the “commercial,” to his remaining companion. “Yes,” responded the Duke of Argyle, “he is the Duke of Northumberland.” “Bless my soul!” exclaimed the “commercial.” “And to think that he should have been so condescending to two little snobs like us!”