The romance of royalty; . d.^. ?^> THE EMPRESS OF MEXICO. I Facing page 616. Zbc Xlraocb^ of /Ilbasimiltan 617 gate, the Ayuntamiento, the Prefects, and the Ministerscoming first, followed by an open carriage in whichsat their Majesties, General Bazaine riding on oneside. Count Bombelles, the Emperors personal friend,on the other, behind them a brilliant crowd of ad-jutants, equerries, and officers, the carriages of theHousehold, long lines of cavalry, and the mountedescort who had gone out to meet them. Slowly theprocession took its way through the principal streets,protected from the fier
The romance of royalty; . d.^. ?^> THE EMPRESS OF MEXICO. I Facing page 616. Zbc Xlraocb^ of /Ilbasimiltan 617 gate, the Ayuntamiento, the Prefects, and the Ministerscoming first, followed by an open carriage in whichsat their Majesties, General Bazaine riding on oneside. Count Bombelles, the Emperors personal friend,on the other, behind them a brilliant crowd of ad-jutants, equerries, and officers, the carriages of theHousehold, long lines of cavalry, and the mountedescort who had gone out to meet them. Slowly theprocession took its way through the principal streets,protected from the fierce glare of the sun by highhouses from whose canopied balconies ladies leanedforward to fling into the Imperial carriage showersof white roses and purple violets together with colouredstrips of paper on which were written verses in honourof the Sovereign and his consort. Amid enthusiastic cheers, the music of bands, andthe firing of guns, they passed through dense massesof rejoicing people until they reached the great square
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