Chapter XVI: Part II: Ten Years in England (9)

I think I must have been a long time on the yacht, and nothing could be more gracious and sympathetic than the Princess. She told me the Queen would certainly receive me. I hadn't more than time to get back where Bessie and Borghese were very hungry waiting for luncheon, and to start again at 4; this time with Bessie and the Llangattocks for the Thistle. We were received by Madame d'Arcos, Mlle. Darauvilliers, and M. Rambaut. They told us the Empress had a cold and was very hoarse; had been forbidden by the doctor to come on deck, and also to talk, but that she would receive us in the cabin. We went down almost immediately, preceded by Madame d'Arcos, who said we must not stay long, as the Empress ought not to talk. She was standing in her cabin, still a handsome, stately figure, with beautiful brow and eyes, and charming manner, more animated than I had imagined. She was very well dressed in black. She made us sit down and talked herself a great deal, always about Paris, the Bassanos (speaking most warmly of the Duke), d'Albuferas, and various mutual friends. She knew Francis was to work for diplomacy, and said she could wish him nothing better than to walk in his father's footsteps. We were afraid we were tiring her, as she talked all the time. Twice the "dame d'honneur" appeared, but she waved her away. When she finally dismissed us she said "Je ne dirai pas adieu, mais au revoir"--regretted very much that she could not come on deck and have tea with us, but that we must certainly stay. We had a pleasant half hour talking with the others, and then there came a message from her begging that we would take her launch and cruise about in the harbour. I accepted gladly, as I wanted to communicate with the Nahma and didn't exactly know how to manage. The French ladies too wished to see the American yacht, so off we started in the Empress's launch. It seemed funny after all these years to be suddenly thrown with the Empress and her suite and careering about in her launch. Mrs. Goelet was not on board, but the steward took the visitors all over the yacht, and I discovered Mrs. Warren and told her that the Prince and Princess would like to go on board to-morrow--she said she was quite sure her daughter would be very happy to see them. I found a note from the Duchess of Roxburghe when I got home, saying that the Queen would receive me to-morrow at 4.30 at Osborne, so my day will be full, as I told Mrs. Goelet I would come to the Nahma to present her to the Prince and Princess.

_To H. L. K._

#East Pavilion, Cowes, Isle of Wight#,
Monday, August 13, 1900.

Well, Dear, I am just back from Osborne. I have the salon all to myself, Bessie and Borghese are out, and I will write you all about my audience while it is fresh in my memory, but I must begin at the beginning and tell you about the Royal visit to the Nahma, which went off very well. A little before twelve Mr. Warren, Mrs. Goelet's brother, came for us and we went off at once to the yacht. The Royal party arrived very punctually, Prince and Princess, Duke and Duchess of York, Princess Victoria, and various gentlemen. They were all delighted with the yacht, particularly the Duke of York, who saw everything. He called an officer of the Osborne to see some arrangement of signals which it seems is wonderful, and said they had nothing so perfect in the Royal Yacht. Mrs. Goelet did the honours very well and simply, receiving the Princes at the gangway, with her son and daughter on each side of her, a pretty, graceful figure in her plain black dress. I remained on board to lunch after the Princes departed, and they sent me ashore at 2.30 as I had just time to dress and go to Osborne.

I started again a little before 4, wearing my black taffetas trimmed with lace and a tulle bonnet and white aigrette (quite costume de ville--I could not go to the Queen in a serge skirt and big hat). I took Joseph with me in plain black livery. We arrived quite in time, as there was no delay at the ferry this time, and the large gates were open, the man making a sign to us to drive in. There were two or three policemen standing near the gate and in the park. The park is pretty--not very large but beautifully green, and as we got near the house, quantities of flowers--a mass of colour. The house is not handsome--rather imposing, a large grey stone house with two wings, and flower-beds close up to the windows. Three or four footmen in plain black livery were waiting in the hall, and they took me at once upstairs to the ladies' drawing-room--a nice room at the side of the house not looking out to sea. The Duchess of Roxburghe was waiting for me, and we talked about fifteen minutes. Then came a Highland servant saying, "Her Majesty was ready to receive _Lady_ Waddington." The Duchess and I went downstairs, walked through various galleries, and stopped at a door where there was no servant. The Duchess knocked, the Queen's voice said, "Come in," and I found myself in a beautiful large salon, all the windows opening on the sea. The Queen, dressed as usual in black, was seated in the middle of the room facing the door. I had barely time to make one curtsey--she put out her hand and made me sit down next to her. She spoke to me first in French (just as she always did when I was at the Embassy--to mark, I suppose, that I was the French Ambassadress), "Je suis tres heureuse de vous revoir--I think we can speak English--how much has happened since we met"; and then we talked about all sorts of things. I thought she looked extremely well--of course I couldn't tell if her sight was gone, as she knew I was coming and I sat close to her. Her eyes were blue and clear, and her memory and conversation quite the same. She thanked me for my letter; said the Duke of Edinburgh's death was a great blow to her. It was so sudden, she had not thought him ill. She had lost three children all very dear to her, and it was hard at her age to see her children go before her. She spoke at once (so moderately) of the caricatures and various little incidents that had occurred in France. I said I was very glad to have an opportunity of telling her that everybody in France (except for a few hot-headed radicals and anti-English) was most indignant at such gratuitous insults not only to the Queen but to a woman. She said she quite understood that--that wherever she had been in France everybody had done what they could to make her stay happy and comfortable; that she never could forget it, and hoped the French nation felt that--also that she would never dream of holding the country responsible for the radical press, but "my children and my people feel it very deeply." We talked about the King of Italy's murder (she was much pleased with the expression in one of the Italian papers "e morto in piedi") and she expressed great sympathy for Queen Margherita--"She is fond of Italy and is always thinking and planning what she can do for the people." We also talked about the Shah and the attentat in Paris. I said that left me rather indifferent, but she answered instantly, "You are quite wrong--it is the principle, not the person, that is attacked in those cases." I then remarked that it was a great pity, I thought, that one of those gentlemen (anarchists, not sovereigns) shouldn't be lynched; that I believed the one thing they were afraid of was the justice of the people. She said, "That is not a very Christian sentiment"; but I think she didn't altogether disagree with me. She asked me about Francis--was he working for diplomacy; and then, I don't know exactly how, we began talking about mixed marriages. She said she didn't think religion ought to be an invincible obstacle. I said I thought with her, but that French Protestants were very strict. I told her it had been said that my husband, who was certainly a very large-minded man in most things, was really narrow about Catholics. She said, with such a charming smile, "Oh, I can't think M. Waddington was ever narrow about anything, I always thought him one of the most large-minded, just men I ever knew." I must say I was pleased, and W. always felt that for some reason or another he was sympathetic to her. We talked a little about the Empress Frederick; she said the last news was better, but she evidently didn't want to pursue the subject. We talked on some little time, and when she finally dismissed me, she said, "I hope you will come back to England, and whenever you do I shall be very glad to see you." She shook hands--I backed myself to the door, opened it, and there found the Highland servant, who took me back to the drawing-room where the Duchess of Roxburghe was waiting. She suggested that we should go for a turn in the garden, and when she went to get her hat I looked about the room, which is quite plainly furnished--a grand piano, comfortable furniture, not pretty, and no particular style.

We walked about the gardens a little, which are pretty, such quantities of flowers, and had tea under the trees. Two of the ladies came out--Mrs. Grant and Miss Harbord. They were very anxious to know if I found the Queen changed after seven years, but I really can't say I did. My impression is that they find her older. They say she felt the Duke of Edinburgh's death very much, and that she is very worried about the Empress Frederick, though she doesn't talk much about her. It was lovely sitting under the trees, so cool and quiet after the noise and glare of Cowes. All the people bowed as we drove home through Cowes. I think they took Joseph in his black livery for one of the Queen's servants.

I must tell you that Joseph and Elise are also moving in high society. Joseph came with a most smiling face to me Saturday night to say that one of his friends was chef on the Empress's yacht (the Thistle) and had invited them to breakfast on Sunday on the yacht. I said they could go, and when Bessie and I were going to church we saw them start--he in the regulation Cowes blue serge costume (_not_ the short, very short, Eton jacket which is the dress attire of the Club men) and yellow shoes, and she in my old purple foulard, with a very nice little toque. A very smart little boat was waiting for them.

Now, my Dear, I must stop, as I am exhausted, and a perfect Mrs. Jellyby, papers flying all over the place, as I am writing at the open window, and ink all over me, fingers, hair, etc. I can't say, as Madame de Sevigne did, "ma plume vole," for mine stops and scratches, and makes holes in the paper, and does everything it can to make my writing difficult. I wonder why I hate it so--I do--as soon as I sit down to my writing-table I want to go out or play on the piano, or even crochet little petticoats--anything rather than write. I suppose I shall never see the Queen again--at her age it isn't very likely, especially if I wait another seven years without coming over. I am glad she received me, it was a great pleasure.

_Note._

#Paris, 29, Rue Auguste Vacquerie#,
Dimanche, 29 Decembre, 1901.

Of course I never saw the Queen again. She began to fail that same autumn (1900) after her return home from Balmoral, and died at Osborne the 22d of January, 1901--a beautiful death, painless, sleeping away and all her children and grandchildren with her. It isn't only the Queen who has disappeared--it is the century. England will enter on a new phase--but it must be different from the chapter that has just closed.

INDEX

d'A----, Countess, 235

A----, Lady, 214, 235

A----, Lord, experience on the House of Lords boat at the Naval Review,
264, 265

A----, Mdme., 87, 89, 122

Aberdeen, Lady, 313

Aberdeen, Lord, 216

Abinger, Lord and Lady, 172

Adams, 234

Adelaide, Mlle., 7, 10 _et passim_

d'Agoult, 343

Albanesi, 234

Albani, 242, 243

Albany, Duke and Duchess of, 179;
death of the Duke, 206

Albert, Arch Duke and Arch Duchess, of Austria, 56;
incident in Paris, 57

Albert, Prince, 177; tomb, 239

Albert Solms, Prince, 388

Albert Victor, Prince, Duke of Clarence, 184, 186, 218, 237;
illness, 333;
engagement to Princess May, 333;
death, 334;
funeral, 336;
sarcophagus, 369

d'Albuferas, 395

Alexander III., Emperor of Russia, 4;
the procession to the Kremlin, 44-46;
danger from the Nihilists, 52, 53;
coronation of, 65-67;
the breakfast following the Coronation, 68-70;
the reception after the Coronation, 71-73;
at the Court Ball, 74, 75;
at the great ball at the Palace, 78;
the Fete Populaire, 82;
at the Palace ball, 86-90;
the gala dinner, 93, 94;
the revue, 102-104;
his home at Peterhof, 116, 117

Alexander, Prince, of Battenberg, 236

Alexis, Grand Duke, at the coronation of his brother, Emperor Alexander
III., 66; at the Palace ball, 86

Alice, Princess, of Hesse, 239

Amedee, King, 92

Amelie, Princess, of Schleswig-Holstein, 326

Ampthill, Lord and Lady, 17, 281, 282

Anne, ----, 5

Antrim, Lady, 310, 312

d'Aoste, Duc, 6; described, 91, 92, 361

Appert, General, 145, 148, 153

Appert, Madame, 153, 154;
her daughters, 154

d'Arcos, Madame, 395

Armour, Mr., 391

Arran, Lady, 377

Arthur, Sir George, 375, 377, 382

Ashburton, Lady, 349

Ashburton, Lady Louisa, 242

Astor, Mrs. 357

Augusta, Empress, 18

d'Aumale, Duc, 217, 303, 304

Baden, Grand Duchess of, 18

Baldwin, Admiral, 58, 120, 142;
entertains the Waddingtons and others on his flagship, 120-123;
impressions of the Coronation, 137

Baldwin, Mrs., 151

Barrington, Mr. Eric, 329, 337

Bassanos, 395

Bayard, Mr., 377

Beatrice, Princess, 176, 177, 192, 195;
at the opening of Parliament, 237;
at Windsor Castle, 238, 311

Bedford, Duchess of, 236, 257, 280

Bedford, Duke of, 280, 281

Belgians, King of the, 249

Belgians, Queen of the, 256

Benckendorff, Colonel, 34 _et passim_

Berard, M., 24, 26

Beresford, Lord Charles, 296

Bernadotte, 138

Bernhardt, Mdme. Sarah, 135

Bille, Elsa de, 317, 323

Bille, Mdme. de, 315, 326

Bismarck, 15;
talks with M. Waddington, 17, 18, 21;
friction with the Empress, 268

Bismarck, Herbert, 243

Bleichroeder, 19

Blennerhasset, Lady, 340

Blumenthal's, 302

Boehm, 281, 282

Boleyn, Anne, 175

Bondy, M. de, 140, 142

Borghese, 395

Borthwick, Lady, 251, 271, 272

Boston, Lord, 218

Boulanger, 267, 268, 296

Bowen, Judge, 367

Braganza, Duchesse de, 256

Brandt, Mr., 163

Brasseys, 187

Brennen, Mme. and Mlle. de, 203

Bridge, Dr., 348

Brown, Mrs., 169

Brown, John, tablet in memory of, 239

Brownlows, 346

Bryce, Mr., 307

Btetju, Count, 244

Buccleuch, Duchess of, 237, 257

"Buffalo Bill," 243

Bulgaria, Prince of, 218

Buelow, 337

Bunsen, George de, 15, 16, 17

Bunsen, Mlle. Beatrice de, 285

Bunsen, Mary de, 386, 390

Burns, Walter, 295

Burtons, 354

Bury, Mlle. de, "sur Racine," 212

Bylandt, Comte de, at the Naval Review, 261, 265

Bylandt, Comtesse de, 203, 220, 222, 259, 338

Byng, Colonel, 252, 369

C----, Lord, Indian Secretary, 252

Calmon, Robert, 7, 95

Cambridge, Duchess of, 180

Cambridge, Duke of, 189, 195, 201, 236, 246, 258

Cameron, Sir Roderick, 283, 286;
in Scotland, 287 _et seq._

Campbell, Mr., 207

Carlingford, Lord, 184

Canterbury, Archbishop of, 355, 356

Carpe, 272

Carrington, Lord, 346

Catherine II., 90, 95

Cavendish, Lord Frederick, murder of, 3

Cecil, Lady Gwendoline, 306

Cecil, Lady Margaret, 218, 231, 232

Cecil, Lord Edward, 303

Chaine, Col., 337

Chambord, Comte de, illness of, 156;
death, 159, 170

Charles IX., 143

Charles Louis, Arch Duke and Arch Duchess, of Austria, 88, 93, 96;
at the Coronation of Emperor Alexander, 66;
at the Court ball, 74;
drive with the Empress at the revue, 103

Chemin, 11

Chesterfield, Lord, 219

Chetwode, Sir George and Lady, 172

Chigi, Marchesa, 358

Childers, Mr., 182

Christian, Prince, of Schleswig-Holstein, 266, 368

Christian, Princess, 254, 266, 368

Churchill, Lady, 192

Clanwilliam, Lady, 315

Clark, Stanley, 363

Colocotroni, Mlle., 71

Compans, Ternaux, 125

Connaught, Duchess of, 368

Connaught, Duke of, 236;
at the Jubilee Te Deum, 249;
as a soldier, 258

Constantine, Grand Duchess, 60, 61, 80, 87, 88, 94

Constantine, Grand Duke, 60, 61

Corcelle, Francois de, 7, 13, 95

Cork, Lady, 388

Cork, Lord, 197

Correa, Brazilian Minister, 270

Corti, Ambassador, 239, 240

Courcel, Mdme. de, 16, 18, 20, 21, 159, 162

Courcel, M. de, 14, 15, 159, 162

Coutouly, M., 125, 127

Coventry, Lord, 279, 357

Cowell, Sir John, 191, 192

Cranborne, Lady, 306

Cranborne, Lord, 255

Cumming, Jean Gordon, 235

Curzon, Lord and Lady, 310

D----, Count, Austrian Ambassador, 236

Dalhousie, Lord, 192, 193

Darauvilliers, Mlle., 395

Deichmann, Baron, 268, 344

Deichmann, Baroness Hilda, 208, 222, 253;
described, 210

Deichmann, Elsa, 317

Deichmann, Hilda, 254, 255, 321

Deichmann, Wilhelm, 351

Delamere, Lady, 354

Delawarr, Lord and Lady, 201

Denmark, Crown Prince of, 305

Denmark, King of, 249

Derby, Lady, reception at home of, 210, 211;
entertains at Knowsley, 228-232

Derby, Lord, 218, 231, 232

Deroulede, 314

Deym, Bianca, 317, 318, 320

Deym, Countess, 315, 329

Dolgourouky, Prince, 96

Dubois, Marie, 203

Dudzeele, Countess, dances with the Emperor at the Court ball, 74

Dufferin, Lord and Lady, entertain at Walmer Castle, 358-360;
rank, 371

Duncan, 287

Dupoutet, 347

Eames, Miss, 295, 314

Edinburgh, Duchess of, 88, 103, 192, 200, 203

Edinburgh, Duke of, 6, 45, 93, 103, 203, 236, 254;
daughters, 249;
at the Jubilee Te Deum, 249;
death, 391, 393

Edward, Prince, of Saxe-Weimar, 203, 357

Edwardes, Gay, 317, 318, 336

Edwardes, Henry, 319

Edwardes, Mrs., 323

Erard, 320

Erroll, Lady, 176

Esher, Lord, 242

d'Estournelles, 325, 328

d'Estournelles, Mdme., 326, 328

Eugenie, Empress, 266;
at Cowes, 395, 396

Eulenbourg, Count, 81

Eulenbourg, Countess, 324

Falbe, Mme. de, 232, 233

Falbe, M. de, 232, 233, 305

Fawkes, Guy, confession, 242

Fayet, Commandant, 7

Fife, Duke of, 276;
engagement to Princess Louise, 301;
marriage, 305

Florian, Count de, 194, 207, 253, 259, 278, 283

Florian, Countess de, 253, 259, 262, 278, 283, 306;
at White Lodge, 341, 342

Forbes, 233

Forges, M. Blanchard de, 226

Francis, Miss W., 287

Francois d'Assises, King, 92

Frederick, Empress, Crown Princess, 250, 252;
described, 253;
visit to Versailles, 309;
at Windsor, 310-312, 368;
luncheonat Ferdinand Rothschild's, 314;
receives the Waddingtons, 378;
at Cronberg, 387-390;
illness, 394

Frederick III., Emperor, Crown Prince, 250, 251;
failing health, 254, 266, 267;
death, 282;
funeral service, 282, 283

Frederica, Princess, of Hanover, 204

Frederick Charles, Prince, 243

Frederick Charles, Princess, 20

Freeman, Violet, 321

Froude, J. A., 229;
on America, 231

Galitzin, Prince, 49

Gardner, Lady Winifred, 346

Gayare, 242

Gennadius, 336

George II., 267

George, Prince, 200, 237, 337;
report of marriage to Princess May, 362

Gevers, Baron, 338

Ghika, Princess, 222

Giers, M. de, 58, 76

Gilbert, 369

Gille, Mdme., 107

Gladstone, Mr. W. E., described, 3;
versatility, 181, 182;
gives a reception, 188, 189;
dines at Mr. Murray's, 315;
age, 346;
makes his great Irish speech, 363

Gladstone, Mrs. W. E., 3, 189, 346;
gives a dinner for the Archbishop of Canterbury, 355, 356

Gladstone, Wm., 172

Glinka's opera, "La Vie pour le Czar," 69, 75, 80

Goelet, Mrs., 391;
receives the Royal party aboard the Nahma, 397

Gordon, "Chinese," murder of, 199

Goschens, 184

Gower, Mr. Leveson, 172

Grant, General U. S., death, 218

Grant, Mrs., 400

Granville, Countess, 195

Granville, Earl, entertains M. Waddington, 170, 171, 190, 195, 273

Greece, King of, 256, 260, 305

Greece, Queen of, 71, 77, 80, 93;
described, 72;
at the Court ball, 74

Greene, Plunkett, 302

Grey, Lady Jane, 175

Grieg, 273

Griswold, Miss Gertrude, 234

Grondal, Mdme., 302

Guillemain, M., 348

Halsbury, 237

Hamilton, Duchess of, 236

Hamilton, Lord and Lady Claud, 201

Harbord, Miss, 400

Harcourt, Lady, 174;
presents Mme. Waddington to the Queen, 175, 176, 177

Harcourt, Sir William, 174

Hare, the actor, 346

Hartington, Lord, 199, 268, 310, 311

Hatzfeldt, Comte, 16, 303, 314, 325;
at Hatfield, 330, 331

Hawaiian Secretary, 245

Hayter, Lord and Lady, 183, 200

Henrietta ----, 10 _et passim_

Henry, Prince, of Battenberg, 204, 236, 368, 373

Herberts, Ivor, 273

Heretier, Grand Duke, 103

Herkomer, his studio and pupils, 344-346

Herschell, Lady, 359

Herschell, Lord, 366, 378

Heurtel, Mme., 261

Hoffman, Col. and Mrs., 147, 154, 155, 156

Hollman, 276

Hubert, 7, _et passim_

Hubert, Mdme., 5, 10

Huddlestone, Lady Diana, 279

Humlicher, Marie, 374, 375

Hunt, Mr. and Mrs., 37, 58, 83, 120

Hurlbert, Mr., 181, 182

Isabella, Queen, 92

Ivan the Terrible, 91

Jansen, Mlle., 377

Jaures, Admiral, 36, 94, 105;
his hospitality, 118

Jaures, Mdme., 36, 37, 80, 88, 117;
at the Court ball, 74;
aboard the Lancaster, 122

Jay, Anna, 39

Jersey, Lady, 187, 203;
experiences at receptions, 211

Jersey, Lord, 187

Jeune, Mr. and Mrs., 218, 266

Jeune, Sir Francis, 367

Joachim, 272

Johore, Maharajah of, 216

Jomini, M., 120

Joseph, 7

Joy, Mr., 14

Jusserand, J. J., 276, 277, 286, 380

Juteau, 191, 216

Kapilani, Queen, of the Sandwich Islands, 245, 249, 255, 256

Karolyi, Count, 226, 240, 241

Karolyi, Count Victor, 240

Karolyi, Countess Fanny, 189, 195, 220, 240, 241

Karolyi, Nadine, 226

Kenmare, Lord, 192

Kergorlay, M. de, 145, 147, 155;
his children, 150, 152, 156

Khiva, Khan of, 75

Kimberley, Lord and Lady, 192

King, Rufus, 179

Kleeberg, Mme., 270

Knollys, Miss, 179, 184, 320, 363

Knowles, 246

Knowles, James, 366

Knutsford, Lord, 268

Kotchoubey, Princess, 49-51, 58, 82, 88

Kufstein, Count, 269

Lacour, Challemel, Ministre des Affaires Etrangeres, appoints M. Waddington Ambassador Extraordinary to Moscow, 5

Lagrene, M., 32, 95

La Iglesia, M. de Casa, 220, 223, 275;
appointed Ambassador, 306

Langhe, Mlle. de, 285;
helps with the children's comedy, 315 _et seq._

Lasteyrie, 347

Lataings, 338

Lathom, Lord, 237, 252;
on the Jubilee ceremonies, 258, 259

Lawrence, Mrs., 148

Lawrence, Anna, 317

Layard, Lady, 388

Lecky, Mr., 229

Lecomte, M., 298, 299, 319

Leeds, Duke and Duchess of, 201

Leeven, Baron, 118

Leigh, Tom, 269

Leighton, Sir Frederick, 310

Lennox, Lord Algy, 388

Leroy, Mr., 7

Le Valloit, Mdme., 272

Levisohn, Mlle., organizes a "toy symphony," 351 _et seq._

Lhermite, M., 8

Lincoln, Mr., 340, 377, 380

Lind, Letty, 271

Linden, Countess, 85

Lionel, Lord, 232

Llangattock, Lord, 393

Lloyd, 276

Lloyd, Lady Mary, 349

Lomatch, M., 126

London, Lord Mayor and Mayoress of, 364, 365, 367

Londonderry, Lady, 303, 315

Lonsdale, Lady, 184

Lorne, Lord, 271, 302, 366

Louis Philippe, 171

Louise, Princess, 200, 271;
announcement of her engagement, 301;
marriage, 305; at Kensington, 379

Lowell, James Russell, 180, 202, 242;
death of his wife, 200

Lowell, Mrs., 180; death of, 200

Lyons, Lord, 3, 98, 183

Lytton, Lord, 183, 372

Mackay, Mr. and Mrs., 37, 58

MacMahon, Marechal, 6, 7

Magdalen, Master of, 184

Malagache Embassy, 21

Manners, Lord and Lady John, 218

Mansouroff, Madame, 43

Margaretta, Princess, 311

Margherita, Queen, 399

Marochetti, Italian Minister, 153

Mary of Teck, Princess, 244, 251;
described, 275;
at White Lodge, 341, 342, 362;
opens the French bazaar, 373;
tea at Mme. Waddington's, 377, 378

Mary, Queen, "Bloody Mary," letter to Cardinal Pole, 242

Mary, Queen of Scots, portraits of, 288

Massanet, 295

Mathias, M., 134, 135, 136

Maud, Princess, 320, 330

Mavrocordato, 25

May, Princess, 244, 275;
engagement to the Duke of Clarence, 333;
grief for, 341, 342;
rumour of marriage to Prince George, 362, 377;
at the French bazaar, 374

Mazo, del, Spanish Ambassador, 368

Mead, Lady J., 317

Mecklenburg, Duke and Duchess Paul of, 271, 272, 273

Mensdorff, 377

Merindol, 348

Methuen, Lord, 176

Michel, Grand Duchess, receives Mme. Waddington, 59, 60, 87;
described, 94

Michel, Grand Duke, 87

Mitford, Mrs., 340, 342

Mohrenheim, M. de, Russian Ambassador, 179, 184;
at Windsor Castle, 191, 192

Mohrenheim, Madame de, 185, 191, 192, 193

Molesworth, Lady, 217

Moltke, 131, 154

Monaco, Princess of, 326

Monk, Mr. Charles, 172, 174

Monk, Miss Julia, 172, 173, 201

Montebello, 372

Montpensier, Duc de, 6, 43, 46, 93

Montrose, Duchess of, 203

Mostyn, Mrs., 378

Moulin, M., 125

Muenster, German Ambassador, 179, 180, 239

Murray, Mr., 315

Naidillac, Marquis de, 326

Nannie, 352

Neruda, Mdme., 272

Newcastle, Duke and Duchess of, 306

Newman, 308

Nigra, Italian Ambassador, 37, 68, 80, 82, 97;
describes Russian society, 98;
in London, 179;
at Windsor Castle, 192;
departure for Vienna, 223

Noccomore, Commandant, 261

Nordica, 276, 284

Northbrook, Lord, 183

Northcote, Lady, 306, 314

Northcote, Sir Stafford, 189

Northumberland, Lord, 360

Oborlenski, Princess, 43, 52

Oldenburg, Duchess of, 61, 88, 103

Oppenheim, Mrs., 284

Orleans Princes, 274

Orloff, Prince, 9, 53, 96, 101

d'Orval, M., 108

Ourousoff, Prince, 105

P----, Lady, 213

P----, Lizzie, 243

Pahlen, Count, 49, 51, 54

Pahlen, Countess, 55, 58, 96

Palmerston, Lord, 171

Paris, Comte de, 159, 274, 275

Pasquier, Duc d'Audifret, 274

Patenotre, M., 135, 139;
characterises the Swedes, 140, 141;
bids farewell to the Waddingtons, 143

Paul, Mr., aide-de-camp, 58, 120

Paulucci, Marquis, 352, 377

Pawel-Rammingen, Baron, 204

Peel, Sir Robert, his daughter, 201

Pepys, Lady Mary, 285

Percy, Countess, 360

Perier, Mdme. Casimir, 277

Perponcher, Countess, 310, 314, 388

Persia, Grand Vizier of, 303

Persia, Shah of, at the Court Ball, 301;
arrival by water, 301, 302;
luncheon party at Hatfield in his honour, 302-304

Peter the Great, portraits of, 118, 119

Petiteville, 226

Petre, Mr. Henry, 313

Pfeffer, 351

Phelps, Edward J., American Ambassador, 238, 239

Phelps, Marguerite, 317

Phelps, Mrs., 238, 239, 247

Phillipe, the coiffeur, 12

Picolellis, 272, 275

Pierson, 7

Pina, M. de, 159, 162, 163

Pittie, General, 7, 24, 67, 98

Plunkett, Mr., 4

Ponsonby, Sir Henry, 176, 177, 237

Pontavice, 320, 326, 327

Pontecoulant, Comte de, 7, 10, 20 _et passim_;
death of his brother, 94;
his death, 208

Portland, Duke of, 202, 237

Pourtales, Comte Jacques de, 233

Poutel, Mdme. du, 373

Powell, Mr. Price W., 172

Praed, Mr., 218

Prince Imperial of Germany, 18, 19

Probyn, Sir Digby, 179, 363

Quirim, Miss, 333

Radziwill, 91, 162

Radziwill, Princess, 22

Rambaut, M., 395

Randolph Churchill, Lady, 377

Regnier, Arch Duke, of Austria, 259

Reischach, Baron, 388, 390

Renan, 309

Reszke, Jean de, 315

Ribot, 372

Richard, Mdme., 320

Richelieu, Duchesse de, 306

Richter, General, 101, 116

Rizzio, murder of, 288

Roffy, Mrs., 316, 317, 321

Rogers, aide-de-camp, 58, 120

Rogers, Canon, 297;
takes Mme. Waddington through Petticoat Lane, 298, 299;
his good work, 299, 300

Ronalds, Mrs., 272

Rosebery, Lady, 204;
gives a ball, 255

Rosebery, Lord, 255, 256

Rothschild, Ferdinand, 314

Rothschild, Lord, 268

Roustan, naval attache, 268

Rudolph, Prince, 247

Roxburghe, Duchess of, 257, 392, 398

Russia, Empress of, 45;
coronation of, 65-67;
at the Coronation breakfast, 67-70;
versatility as a linguist, 73;
at the Court ball, 74, 75;
at the great ball, 78;
gives a tea between the acts at the Opera, 80;
at the gala dinner, 93, 94;
drives without escort, 98;
at the revue, 103, 104

Rustem Pacha, 235, 330, 366

Rutland, Duchess of, 304

Sagan, Duke of, 159

St. Albans, Duchess of, 377

St. Clair, Lady Harriet, 179

St. Genys, 276, 306, 315, 316

St. Vallier, 15, 17

Salisbury, Lady, gives reception, 210, 211;
entertains the Waddingtons at Hatfield, 215, 216;
luncheon party in honour of the Shah, 302-304;
on the ice, 306, 307;
gives luncheon for the German Emperor, 329-332;
desire for rest, 356;
crosses the channel, 362;
makes a speech, 376

Salisbury, Lord, 189;
speaks in the House of Lords, 201, 202;
at opening of Parliament, 237;
reception, 243;
entertains the Shah, 303;
and the German Emperor, 329-331

Sancy, M. de, 20, 159, 162

Sanderson, Miss, 295

Sanderson, Mr. Thomas, 337

Sandford, Mr., 143

Sarasate, 272

Saxe-Weimar, Prince Herman, 254

Say, Leon, 3

Scalchi, 242

Scarlett, Miss, 172, 173

Schimmelpenninck, M., 27, 29, 30, 58, 122

Schubert, 345

Schuster, Frank, 276

Schuyler, 308

Schweinitz, General, 39, 80, 83;
at the Coronation Breakfast, 70;
at the Court ball, 73

Schweinitz, Madame, 81

Seckendorff, Count, 310, 312, 313, 314, 337

Sefton, Lord, 231

Segur, Comte Paul de, 274

Serge, Grand Duchess, 256

Sermet, M., 125

Sesmaisons, Colonel Comte de, 7, 13, 15, 95 _et passim_

Seymour, Admiral, 89

Seymour, Lord William, 382

Seymour, Sir Francis, 202

Sheridan, May, 247

Smith, W. H., holds a political reception, 269, 270

Solvyns, Baron, 336, 381

Somaglia, Countess, 361

Southampton, Lady, 370

Soveral, Portuguese Minister, 314, 330, 331

Spain, King of, death of, 220

Spencer, Countess, 330, 369

Staal, M. de, Russian Ambassador, 223, 241, 310, 326;
at Hatfield,330, 331

Staal, Madame de, 236, 241, 323;
described, 243

Staal, Thekla, 226, 323

Stainer, Dr., 348

Stanhope, Lady, 18;
entertains the Waddingtons and others, 218, 219

Stanhope, Lord, 219

Stanhope, Mr. and Mrs. Edward, 218

Stanhope, Philip, 361

Stanley, Dowager Lady, 181, 182

Stanleys, 355

Struve, M. and Mdme. de, 120

Stewart, Lady Helen, 317

Stuart, Miss, 348

Sudely, Lord, 297

Suffield, Lady, 363

Suffield, Lord, 363

Sullivan, Sir Arthur, 271, 272

Sutherland, Duchess of, 236

Sweden, Crown Prince of, 93, 253

Sweden, King of, 142, 143

Sweden, Prince Royal of, 145

Sydney, Lord, 359

Tadema, Alma, 379

Talleyrand, Bessie, 391

Tavistock, Lord, 281

Teck, Duke of, 236

Teesdale, 369

Tennyson, 183

Thenard, 284, 285; assists producing the children's comedy, 315 _et seq._

Thomson, Mr., 339

Thornton, Lady, 37, 80, 88, 104;
at the Court ball, 74;
aboard the Lancaster, 121, 122

Thornton, Mary, 126

Thornton, Sir Edward, 40, 83, 89

Thornycroft, 278, 279

Toll, Count and Countess, 153

Tornielli, 352, 361, 377

Tosti, 272, 275, 306

Trebelli, 276

Tremouille, Charlotte de la, 230

Trevelyans, 355

Troubetzkoi, Princess Lise, 49, 115

Tweeddale, Lady, 201

Tweedmouth, Lord, 354

Val Prinsep, 388, 390

Vannutelli, Mgr., 96, 98, 118;
visits the Lancaster, 122, 123

Victoria, Princess, 320, 397

Victoria, Queen, receives Mme. Waddington, 176, 177;
described, 177;
at Windsor Castle, 192, 193, 238, 239;
Drawing-room, 206;
holds long Drawing-room, 213, 214;
opens Parliament, 235-238;
at the Jubilee ceremonies in Westminster Abbey, 249, 250;
in the procession after the service, 250, 251;
receives at the Palace, 252, 253;
at the children's fete in Hyde Park, 254, 255;
reviews the Volunteers, 257, 258;
at the Naval Review, 260-264;
with the Empress Frederick at Windsor, 310, 311;
bids farewell to the Waddingtons, 368, 370-372;
receives Mme. Waddington at Osborne, 397-401;
death, 402

Villiers, 226

Villestreux, Mdme. de la, 364, 365, 373

Vinci, Comte, 350

Vivian, Lady, 210

Vivian, Lord, 151, 153

Waddington, Francis, 10 _et passim_;
as an actor, 285, 315 _et seq_;
placed in a French school, 332

Waddington, Mme., meets Mr. and Mrs. Gladstone, 3;
M. Waddington appointed Ambassador Extraordinary to Moscow, to
represent France at the Coronation of Emperor Alexander, 4-6;
preparations for Moscow, 6-12;
arrives at Berlin, 13, 14;
impression of Berlin, 15;
visits the de Bunsens, 17, 19;
goes to the races, 18;
departure from Berlin, 22;
dines at Alexandrownow with a Hessian Prince, 23;
reaches Warsaw, 24;
describes the city, 24;
visits a chateau, 25;
the trip from Warsaw to Moscow, 26-31;
arrival at Moscow, 31, 32;
description of the Maison Klein, 32, 33;
experiences with a Court train, 36;
drives through Moscow, 37-39;
the Emperor's entrance into the Kremlin, 42-46;
received by the Empress, 47-52;
visits Princess Obolenski, 52;
goes over the palaces at the Kremlin, 54;
famous paintings and jewels in the Church of the Assomption, 54;
visits Princess Radziwill and Countess Pahlen, 55;
at the reception of the Arch Duke and Duchess Albert of Austria, 56-58;
attends reception at M. de Giers', 58;
audience with Grand Duchess Michel, 59, 60;
with the Grand Duchess Constantine, 60, 61;
with the Duchesse d'Oldenburg, 61;
and the Grand Duchess Wladmir, 61;
dines with the permanent French Embassy, 62;
the Coronation of Emperor Alexander, 63-67, 70, 71;
the Coronation breakfast, 67-70;
at the presentation of felicitations to the Emperor and Empress, 71-73;
presented to the Queen of Greece, 71, 72;
appearance of the Embassies, 72, 73;
goes to the Court ball, 73-75;
dances with the Emperor and Grand Duke Wladimir, 74, 75;
the Fete Populaire, 76, 82;
gives a Russian dinner, 76, 77;
the great ball at the Palace, 77, 78;
goes shopping, 78, 95;
attends the Opera, 79, 80;
tea with the Empress, 80;
gives a diplomatic dinner, 83, 96, 99, 100;
photographing the whole establishment, 83, 84;
at the Palace ball, 85-90;
sees the Tresor, 91;
the gala dinner, 92-94;
the institution of the "Enfants Trouves," 95, 96;
gives a reception, 100, 101;
the revue at the Tribune Imperiale, 102-104;
sightseeing in Moscow, 106;
preparations for leaving Moscow, 107, 108, 109;
takes a moonlight drive to the Kremlin, 109, 110;
departure from Moscow, 111;
the journey to Petersburg, 111, 112;
description of Petersburg, 113, 114;
the Hermitage, 113, 115, 116;
"La Pointe," 114, 115;
the pictures at the Hermitage, 116, 117, 118;
makes an excursion to Peterhof, 116, 117;
dinner at the Hunts', 120;
entertained by Admiral Baldwin on board the flagship Lancaster, 120-123;
visits the Thorntons, 124, 125;
shopping in Petersburg, 126;
the voyage by steamer to Stockholm, 126-134;
description of Helsingfors, 129, 130;
Abo, the old capital of Finland, 132;
the approach to Stockholm, 134;
drives through Stockholm, 135-139;
to Drottningholm, 138, 139;
shopping in Stockholm, 141, 142;
journeys from Stockholm to Copenhagen, 144, 145;
drives through Copenhagen, 145, 147, 151, 154, 155;
visits the Historical Museum, 146;
a pleasant expedition to Tivoli, 148, 149;
the Thorwaldsen Gallery, 149;
a Swedish wedding at the Frauen Kirche, 149, 150;
the excessive heat, 150, 153, 160;
sees the treasures at Rosenburg, 152;
M. de Kergorlay's dinner, 152, 153;
departure from Copenhagen, 157;
from Korsoe to Kiel, 157, 158;
arrives at Hamburg, 158;
view of Hamburg from the lake, 161;
a moonlight drive, 163;
leaves Hamburg, 163;
arrives at Cologne, 163, 164;
returns to Paris, 165; stays at Boulogne-sur-Mur, 167;
crosses to England, 167, 168;
inspects her future home in London, 168, 169, 170, 171;
visits the Monks, 172, 173, 174;
getting settled in London, 173, 174;
presented to the Queen, 175-177;
Windsor Castle, 177, 178;
has an audience of the Prince and Princess of Wales, 178, 179;
with the Duchess of Cambridge, 180;
domestic arrangements, 180, 181;
visits the Dowager Lady Stanley, 181;
talks with Mr. Gladstone, 181 182;
politics, 183;
entertained by the Prince and Princess of Wales at Sandringham, 184-186;
attends a hunt and hunt ball, 187, 188;
at Mr. Gladstone's reception, 188, 189;
commanded to dine and sleep at Windsor, 191-194;
first Drawing-room, 194-197;
goes to the Derby, 197;
to the meet of the Coaching Club and a polo game, 197, 198;
reception at Devonshire House, 199;
dinners and routs, 199, 200;
Lady Tweeddale's dinner, 201;
at the ball of the Artillery Corps, 202;
Drawing-room, 203, 204;
sees the Queen, 204, 205;
Westminster Abbey, 205;
visits Blenheim, 209;
conference "sur Racine," 212;
long Drawing-room, 213, 214;
visits Lady Salisbury at Hatfield 215, 216;
lunches with Prince and Princess of Wales, 216;
at Lord Aberdeen's hay-making party, 216, 217;
Court concert, 217;
spends Sunday at the Stanhopes, 218, 219;
London fog, 221;
Christmas shopping, 222, 224;
farewell dinner to Nigra, 223;
celebrates Christmas, 225, 226;
impressions of a Roman Christmas, 227;
visits at Knowsley, 227, 228-232;
portraits and literary treasures at Knowsley, 229, 230;
visits the Falbes at Luton, 232-234;
St. Paul's, 234;
gives dinners, 234, 235;
attends the opening of Parliament, 235-238;
at Windsor Castle again, 238, 239;
drives to the Mausoleum, 239;
spends Sunday at the Karolyis at Clieveden, 240, 241;
defeat of the French troops at Tonkin, 241;
interesting old manuscripts at Roll's Court, 242;
Lady Ashburton's house, 242;
at the Opera, 242, 243;
visits the Tecks, 243, 244;
presented to the Queen of the Sandwich Islands, 245-247;
preparations for the Jubilee, 245, 247, 248;
arranges to see the cortege immediately after the service in
Westminster Abbey, 245-248;
the Jubilee Te Deum, 248-250;
the procession after the service, 250, 251;
the reception at the Palace, 251-253;
the children's fete in Hyde Park, 253, 254;
at the Rosebery's ball, 255, 256;
the Palace ball, 256, 257;
receives the Jubilee Medal, 257;
the Naval Review, 259-264;
aboard the Iphigenie, 261-263;
skating, 266;
funeral service for the German Emperor, 267;
at the Smiths' political reception, 269, 270;
musicales, 270-273, 276;
meets Princess Mary, 275;
sightseeing, 276-278;
christens a torpilleur, 278;
races at Ascot, 279;
visits the Duke and Duchess of Bedford, 280-282;
death of the Emperor Frederick, 282;
dines with the Lord Mayor, 283, 284;
production of a play by Berquin, 284-286;
decides to go to Scotland, 286;
the journey to Edinburgh, 287;
sightseeing in Edinburgh, 287, 288;
arrives at Oban, 288;
Scottish tartans, 289;
by sea to Arishaig, 290, 291;
stays at Inveraylort, 291-295;
returns to London, 296;
goes through Petticoat Lane with Canon Rogers, 298, 299;
the People's Palace, 300;
at the Court Ball, 300, 301;
the Shah's arrival by water, 301, 302;
the luncheon party at Hatfield in the Shah's honour, 302-304;
wedding of Princess Louise and the Duke of Fife, 305;
skates at Hatfield, 306, 307;
and at Wimbledon, 307;
attends a horse sale, 308, 309;
at Windsor, 310-313;
sees "Charlie's Aunt," 313;
luncheon with the Empress Frederick, 314;
with Lady Northcote at the Opera, 314, 315;
the children's comedy, 315 _et seq._;
formal entry of the German Emperor William II. into London, 323, 324;
reception of the Emperor and Empress, 325, 326;
Garden Party at Marlborough House, 326;
goes to the luncheon at Hatfield for the German Emperor, 328-332;
places son in a French school, 332;
sickness and death of Prince Eddie, 333 _et seq._;
visits the British Museum, 339;
visits the Tecks, 340-342;
visits "Venice," 343;
excursion to Herkomer's studio, 344-346;
opens the bazaar, 346, 347;
gives a dinner of organists, 348;
arranges a "toy symphony," 350-352;
at the Italian Embassy, 352, 377;
the Salvation Army, 353;
English women in politics, 355;
dines with the Gladstones to meet the Archbishop of Canterbury, 355,
356;
band of the "Garde Republicaine," 357;
visits the Dufferins at Walmer Castle, 358-360;
last outings, 361;
leaves for the Tyrol, 361;
returns to England, 362;
says good-bye to Princess Mary and Princess May, 362;
hears Mr. Gladstone's speech on Ireland, 363;
farewell visits, 363, 364;
farewell dinner for M. Waddington at the Mansion House, 364-367;
last visit to Windsor, 368, 369;
last Drawing-room, 369;
farewell audience from Queen Victoria, 370-372;
at the French bazaar, 373, 374;
a musical afternoon at Mlle. Humlicher's, 374, 375;
presented with a jewel, 375, 376;
entertains Princess Mary and Princess May, 377, 378;
visits Princess Louise and Alma Tadema, 379;
Easter Service in Westminster Abbey, 379, 380;
in the Temple Church, Turkish Embassy, 380;
departure from London, 381-383;
arrival in Paris, 383;
hears the Wagner operas at Bayreuth, 384, 385;
visits Mary de Bunsen, 386;
goes to the opera in Wiesbaden, 386, 387;
received by the Empress Frederick at Cronberg, 387-390;
at Cowes, 391 _et seq._;
meets the Prince and Princess of Wales at Cowes, 393-395;
visits the Empress Eugenie, 395, 396;
aboard the Nahma, 397;
a long audience with the Queen at Osborne, 397-400

Waddington, Richard, 7 _et passim_

Waddington, M. William, report of his appointment as Ambassador to
Vienna, 4;
appointed Ambassador Extraordinary at Moscow to represent France at
the Coronation of Emperor Alexander, 4-6;
personnel of the Mission, 7;
has an audience from the Emperor of Germany, 17, 19;
visits Bismarck, 17, 18, 21;
received by Emperor Alexander, 35, 36;
at the reception of the Arch Duke and Duchess Albert of Austria,
56-58;
at the Coronation of Emperor Alexander, 42 _et seq._;
farewell audience with the Emperor, 99;
studies the medals at the Museum in Petersburg, 113, 115, 116, 118,
123;
his capacity for work, 122;
visits the Ministre des Affaires Etrangeres at Stockholm, 139, 140;
received by the King of Sweden, 142, 143;
examines the medals in the Museum at Copenhagen, 146, 148, 149, 154,
155, 156;
dines with Gladstone, 168;
entertained by Lord Granville, 170, 171;
shoots with Charles Monk, 172-174;
audience with the Prince and Princess of Wales, 178, 179;
at Windsor Castle, 191-193, 238;
goes to Paris, 198;
meets old friends, 207;
sees the Oxford and Cambridge boat race, 207;
follows Sir Walter Raleigh's example, 207, 208;
goes to Paris, 208;
talks with the Queen, 214;
shoots at Knowsley, 229;
talks with Lecky on Ireland, 229;
dislike of dancing, 274;
bids at a horse sale, 308, 309;
at Windsor, 311, 312;
dines at Mr. Murray's with Mr. Gladstone, 315;
death of his mother, _n._, 325;
at the luncheon at Hatfield for the German Emperor, 328-332;
at the funeral of Prince Eddie, 337;
talks with Lady Salisbury, 346;
given a farewell dinner at the Mansion House, 364-367;
farewell visit to Windsor, 368, 369;
Directeur du Canal Suez, 382

Wagner, Mdme., 389

Wagner, Richard, 345

Wagram, Princesse de, on Boulanger, 268

Waldemar de Danemark, Prince, 93, 98, 203

Wales, Prince and Princess of, 37;
receive the Waddingtons, 178, 179;
entertain at Sandringham, 184-186;
at Buckingham Palace, 195;
in House of Lords, 201;
at the ball given by the Artillery Corps, 202;
Drawing-room, 203;
visit to Ireland, 210;
at the opening of Parliament, 236-238;
at the Opera, 243;
at the Jubilee Te Deum, 249, 250;
at the children's fete, 253-255;
driving, 276;
open the Court Ball, 300, 301;
at Hatfield, 303, 304, 329-331;
at the children's comedy, 320-322;
their popularity, 327;
death of Prince Eddie, 334;
bid farewell to the Waddingtons, 363, 364;
at Cowes, 393 _et seq._

Warren, Mrs., 396

Warren, Sir Charles, 246, 247

Wantage, Lord and Lady, 358

Warsoe, M., 151, 152

Waru, military attache, 226, 259

Wellington, Lord, 358

Westminster, Duchess of, 274

White, Harry, 218, 314

White, Muriel, 317, 318

Whitehouse, Harry, 145, 147

Wilhemi, 345

William I., Emperor, gives an audience to M. Waddington, 17, 19;
death, 266;
funeral service, 267

William II., Emperor, as Crown Prince, 267;
State Banquet for, 323;
formal entry into London, 323, 324;
at the Opera, 325;
receives at Buckingham Palace, 325, 326;
goes to the Lord Mayor's Banquet, 327;
rides in the Row, 327;
given a luncheon at Hatfield, 328-331;
returns to Germany, 331

Williams, Florence, 226, 348

Wilson, Sir Rivers, 276

Wimborne, Lord, 354, 379

Wladimir, Grand Duchess, 61, 80

Wladimir, Grand Duke, at the coronation of his brother,
Emperor Alexander, 66;
at the Court ball, 74, 75;
his care for the Emperor, 77;
at the Palace ball, 86;
at the revue, 103

Wolff, Johannes, 270-272, 276, 314

Wolseley, General, 58, 89

Wormser, 314

Worontzoff, Count, 77, 80, 116

Wurts, George, 120

Wyckham, Col., 147

Wyndham, 286

York, Duke of, 363, 393, 397

Yves, 190

Xenia, Grand Duchess, 45

Zuylen, Mdme. de, 274

Transcriber's Notes: The following spelling corrections were made:

p. 23: "I said I would come with pleassure" changed to read "I said I would come with pleasure".

p. 28: "generally a collection of litttle" changed to read "generally a collection of little".

p. 34: "they all wear red flannnel" changed to read "they all wear red flannel".

p. 69: "As soon the the Sovereigns had taken" changed to read "As soon as the Sovereigns had taken".

p. 109: "where the suppper" changed to read "where the supper".

p. 110: "I took a last look at the black Madonnna" changed to read "I took a last look at the black Madonna".

p. 111: "how we managed to eat chicken and mayonnaaise" changed to read "how we managed to eat chicken and mayonnaise".

p. 118: "We have just come in from a pleasant dinner at the Juares" changed to read "We have just come in from a pleasant dinner at the Jaures".

"Admiral Juares was very hospitable" changed to read "Admiral Jaures was very hospitable".

p. 142: "there are always babauds hanging over" changed to read "there are always badauds hanging over".

All instances of "cortege" and "cortege" were changed to "cortege".

Small Caps denoted by "#" and Italics by "_".