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Chapter 16

           Whenweatlastenteredthethrone-room,andtookourplacesinline,Iwascarefultoarrangethatmybrilliantcompanionshouldgoupbeforeme,asIhadastrongdesiretoseewhatsortofaneffecthisappearancewouldproduceontheRoyalparty.IhadanexcellentviewofthePrinceofWalesfromwhereImyselfwaited;hemadeanimposingandkinglyfigureenough,infulluniformwithhisvariousOrdersglitteringonhisbroadbreast;andthesingularresemblancediscoveredbymanypeopleinhimtoHenryVIII.struckmemoreforciblythanIshouldhavethoughtpossible.Hisfacehoweverexpressedafargreatergood-humourthanthepicturedlineamentsofthecapriciousbuteverpopular‘bluffKingHal,’thoughonthisoccasiontherewasacertainshadeofmelancholy,evensternnessonhisbrow,whichgaveafirmercharactertohisnaturallymobilefeaturesashadow,asIfanciedofweariness,temperedwithregretthelookofonedissatisfied,yetresigned.Amanofbluntedpossibilitiesheseemedtomeofdefeatedaims,andthwartedwill.FewoftheothermembersoftheRoyalfamilysurroundinghimonthedaïs,possessedtheremarkableattractionhehadforanyobservantstudentofphysiognomymostofthemwere,orassumedtobe,stiffmilitaryfiguresmerelywhobenttheirheadsaseachguestfiledpastwithanautomaticmachine-likeregularityimplyingneitherpleasure,interest,norgood-will.

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