Note 68 — Chapter XIX · THE CONSERVATIVE REACTION.

It was supposed that Mr. Disraeli would prevent the inevitable grammatical blunder from creeping into the Queen’s Speech. But it crept in here, greatly to the delight of the pedants. They pointed out that it was wrong to speak of “the recent Act of Parliament affecting the relationship of master and servant.” The word cannot be used, they argued, instead of relation, to denote a relative position which is temporary or official.