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Coronation Day

           WithintheseatofthethroneisenclosedaroughflatrockthestoneofSconewhichmanygenerationsofScottishkingssatontobecrowned,andsoitintimebecameholyenoughtoansweralikepurposeforEnglishmonarchs.Boththethroneanditsfootstoolarecoveredwithclothofgold.

           Stillnessreigns,thetorchesblinkdully,thetimedragsheavily.Butatlastthelaggingdaylightassertsitself,thetorchesareextinguished,andamellowradiancesuffusesthegreatspaces.Allfeaturesofthenoblebuildingaredistinctnow,butsoftanddreamy,forthesunislightlyveiledwithclouds.

           Atseveno’clockthefirstbreakinthedrowsymonotonyoccurs;foronthestrokeofthishourthefirstpeeressentersthetransept,clothedlikeSolomonforsplendour,andisconductedtoherappointedplacebyanofficialcladinsatinsandvelvets,whilstaduplicateofhimgathersupthelady’slongtrain,followsafter,and,whentheladyisseated,arrangesthetrainacrossherlapforher.Hethenplacesherfootstoolaccordingtoherdesire,afterwhichheputshercoronetwhereitwillbeconvenienttoherhandwhenthetimeforthesimultaneouscoronetingofthenoblesshallarrive.

           

           Bythistimethepeeressesareflowingininaglitteringstream,andthesatin-cladofficialsareflittingandglintingeverywhere,seatingthemandmakingthemcomfortable.Thesceneisanimatedenoughnow.Thereisstirandlife,andshiftingcoloureverywhere.

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