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went together, and found the small rooms and door- 

 ways blocked on the way to the Picture Gallery, 

 where there was more room. When the curtseying 

 was over, tea was provided in the Picture Gallery, 

 where there was great competition to see the gold 

 teapots. It was all very well done, and the bright 

 sunshine which began with the arrival of the King 

 cheered up all the proceedings. 



On Wednesday the King inspected the archers 

 in the garden at Holy rood. Lord Kingsburgh was 

 good enough to get me a pass to go into the garden. 

 I there met Mr. Seton, who was the right-hand man 

 of the archers, but having been unwell was not 

 allowed to be on parade. He is 6 ft. 4 in. in height 

 and eighty-one years of age. There was a bitter 

 cold wind, which blew off some of the archers' bonnets. 

 We got round the corner to shelter from the wind 

 and sat on a window-sill till the King arrived with 

 his staff. The Queen was also present with her 

 suite. Lord Denbigh came to me, and said, " Do 

 you remember when you knocked me over with a 

 dead fox ? " Fifty years ago I had killed a fox in 

 the garden at Newnham paddock, and swung it round 

 to make the boys stand back, and unluckily hit him 

 on the head. He was then a schoolboy. I had a 

 chat with Sir Henry Ewart, and Lord Colville came 

 and said, "How old are you?" "Eighty-four." 

 " So am I," he said. 



After the inspection the King called Charlie 

 (Silver Stick-in-waiting) and said, " I see your father 

 there," and walked towards me. Charlie ran up to 



