BYGDO, KONGSGAARD 



Her choice is seen in the arrangement and 

 colour-schemes, which are carried out in vivid 

 contrasts out of doors in the Rock Garden, 

 herbaceous borders, and the scarlet-and-white 

 sunblinds on the white walls against which 

 dark, beautiful trees make exquisite patterns. 

 When the long Northern summer day draws 

 near its close, the shadows grow in length, 

 the sky becomes a living orange, and twilight 

 falls gently with the evening dew, for there 

 is scarcely any night. Then the soldiers 

 arrive, tall, with waving plumes, " To guard 

 Us through the night," the Queen said, with 

 vibrating voice, full of subtle dignity, thrilling 

 the hearer. 



Guards are not needed ; Norway, the most 

 democratic country in Europe, evolved, as its 

 historian relates, from the Vikings of old, from 

 the feudal state ; having as its root the instinct 

 of loyalty, developed at a later stage to a noble 

 spirit of independence, Norway adores its King 

 and Queen and the young Prince. 



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