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To: thames_sider who wrote (278)12/19/2002 1:19:20 PM
From: Win Smith  Read Replies (1) of 603
 
Given the source listed for that quote, it may indeed be apocryphal. Upon further research, though, this nicer version turned up:

I am happy now that Charles calls on my bedchamber less frequently than of old. As it is, I endure but two calls a week, and when I hear his steps outside my door I lie down on my bed, close my eyes, open my legs, and think of England.

Lady Alice Hillingdon

From thesunmagazine.org , many other nice quotes on the topic there too. Google shows 8 links for Lady Hillingdon, versus a single dubious one for Mrs. B, so it looks better on that count too.
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