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Coronation Day

           Allthecompanywonderedatthisspeech,andwonderedstillmoretoseethelittlemendicantpickoutthispeerwithouthesitancyorapparentfearofmistake,andcallhimbynamewithsuchaplacidlyconvincingairofhavingknownhimallhislife.Thepeerwasalmostsurprisedintoobeying.Heevenmadeamovementasiftogo,butquicklyrecoveredhistranquilattitudeandconfessedhisblunderwithablush.TomCantyturneduponhimandsaid,sharply

           "Whydostthouhesitate?HastnotheardtheKing’scommand?Go!"

           TheLordSt.Johnmadeadeepobeisanceanditwasobservedthatitwasasignificantlycautiousandnon-committalone,itnotbeingdeliveredateitherofthekings,butattheneutralgroundabouthalf-waybetweenthetwoandtookhisleave.

           Nowbeganamovementofthegorgeousparticlesofthatofficialgroupwhichwasslow,scarcelyperceptible,andyetsteadyandpersistentamovementsuchasisobservedinakaleidoscopethatisturnedslowly,wherebythecomponentsofonesplendidclusterfallawayandjointhemselvestoanotheramovementwhich,littlebylittle,inthepresentcase,dissolvedtheglitteringcrowdthatstoodaboutTomCantyandclusteredittogetheragainintheneighbourhoodofthenew-comer.TomCantystoodalmostalone.NowensuedabriefseasonofdeepsuspenseandwaitingduringwhicheventhefewfaintheartsstillremainingnearTomCantygraduallyscrapedtogethercourageenoughtoglide,onebyone,overtothemajority.

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