. Their majesties as I knew them; personal reminiscences of the kings and queens of Europe . theDutch protocol) Elizabeth van Ittersum and AnnaJuckema van Burmania Rengers; a reader: MissKreusler; five waiting-women; and five w4th the tiny courts that usually accom-panied other sovereigns when travelling, this madea somewhat imposing display! Nevertheless andnotwithstanding the fact that this sixteen-year-oldQueen appeared to me decked with the glory of afairy princess, I am bound to admit that the royalcircle presented none of the venerable austerityand superannuated grace so
. Their majesties as I knew them; personal reminiscences of the kings and queens of Europe . theDutch protocol) Elizabeth van Ittersum and AnnaJuckema van Burmania Rengers; a reader: MissKreusler; five waiting-women; and five w4th the tiny courts that usually accom-panied other sovereigns when travelling, this madea somewhat imposing display! Nevertheless andnotwithstanding the fact that this sixteen-year-oldQueen appeared to me decked with the glory of afairy princess, I am bound to admit that the royalcircle presented none of the venerable austerityand superannuated grace so quaintly conjured upin Perraults Tales. The Jonkheers ^ were notold lords equipped with shirt frills and snuff-boxes;Mesdemoiselles les baronnes were not severeduennas encased in stiff silk gowns: the court wasyoung and gay, with that serene and healthy gaietywhich characterises the Dutch temperament. Why was it going to Aix? The choice of thisstay puzzled me. Aix-les-Bains is hardly ever 1 Jonkheer is a Dutch hereditary title of nobility, ranking belowthat of baron.—Translators QUEEN WILHELMINA QUEEN WILHELMINA 233 visited in November. The principal hotels areclosed, for, in that mountainous region, winter setsin with full severity immediately after the end ofautumn. I put the question to General Du Monceau, whoexplained to me that the doctors had recommendedQueen Wilhelmina to take a three-weeks cure ofpure, keen air; and that was why they had selectedAix, or rather the Corbieres, a spot situated at2,000 feet above Aix, on the slope of the GrandRevard. It goes without saying that there was no hotelthere; and the only villa in the neighbourhood hadto be hired for the Queens use. This was a largewooden chalet, standing at the skirt of a pine-forest, close to the hamlet. The wintry windwhistled under the doors and howled down thechimneys; there was no central heating-apparatusand huge fires were lit in every room. From thewindows of this rustic dwelhng, the eye took in
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