Living London; its work and its play, its humour and and its pathos, its sights and its scenes; . - join the King and Queen,and here at half-past ten the stately, im-pressive procession to the Ball-room isformed. Slowh-, majestically in the extreme,it wends its wa\- along through the apartments, which now are to beseen in all their splendfiur. The furniture. AT A COLKT : J hU 10 THEHJ M.\JE3TIES. 168 LIVLNG LONDON. is beautiful, and the hangings and thegilding have an air of freshness whichgives an extra scintillation to the life of thescene. From the White Drawing-roomthro
Living London; its work and its play, its humour and and its pathos, its sights and its scenes; . - join the King and Queen,and here at half-past ten the stately, im-pressive procession to the Ball-room isformed. Slowh-, majestically in the extreme,it wends its wa\- along through the apartments, which now are to beseen in all their splendfiur. The furniture. AT A COLKT : J hU 10 THEHJ M.\JE3TIES. 168 LIVLNG LONDON. is beautiful, and the hangings and thegilding have an air of freshness whichgives an extra scintillation to the life of thescene. From the White Drawing-roomthrough the Gold Drawing-room, the BlueDrawing-room, and the State Dining-roomto the Ball-room the Royal processionpasses along. The King is in the uniformof a Field Marshal, and as he escorts theQueen through this most brilliant assembly,homage and marks of loyal respect aretendered at every step, and these his Majestygraciously acknowledges by a slight butgraceful bow. And the Queen, as shepasses along, is a picture of true queenlycharm, while her grace and her ro\alcourtesy to the wonderful gathering whichwith an open heart tenders its admirationand its devotion are the subjects of theunspoken thoughts in every mind. TheQueen is very likely attired in the mostcomplete perfection in a gown of creamysatin, which is embroidered in siher anddiamonds, and on her long
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