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Chapter 16

           Whenweatlastenteredthethrone-room,andtookourplacesinline,Iwascarefultoarrangethatmybrilliantcompanionshouldgoupbeforeme,asIhadastrongdesiretoseewhatsortofaneffecthisappearancewouldproduceontheRoyalparty.IhadanexcellentviewofthePrinceofWalesfromwhereImyselfwaited;hemadeanimposingandkinglyfigureenough,infulluniformwithhisvariousOrdersglitteringonhisbroadbreast;andthesingularresemblancediscoveredbymanypeopleinhimtoHenryVIII.struckmemoreforciblythanIshouldhavethoughtpossible.Hisfacehoweverexpressedafargreatergood-humourthanthepicturedlineamentsofthecapriciousbuteverpopular‘bluffKingHal,’—thoughonthisoccasiontherewasacertainshadeofmelancholy,evensternnessonhisbrow,whichgaveafirmercharactertohisnaturallymobilefeatures—ashadow,asIfanciedofweariness,temperedwithregret—thelookofonedissatisfied,yetresigned.Amanofbluntedpossibilitiesheseemedtome—ofdefeatedaims,andthwartedwill.FewoftheothermembersoftheRoyalfamilysurroundinghimonthedaïs,possessedtheremarkableattractionhehadforanyobservantstudentofphysiognomy—mostofthemwere,orassumedtobe,stiffmilitaryfiguresmerelywhobenttheirheadsaseachguestfiledpastwithanautomaticmachine-likeregularityimplyingneitherpleasure,interest,norgood-will.

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