He seemed lost in thought and his gentlemanly demeanour as reflective
as the still pond in front of him. Prince Albert's calm and faraway look
leaves no clues, except for a slight hint of sad surrender and longing that I
detect in his eye and gentle brow which I find so expressive in quietude.
I was moved.

(a nondescript marble relief of Prince Albert found in Istana (Singapore) on the
pedestal below the statue of his wife, Queen Victoria)