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to take away from the character he represents till 

 his part is ended. Their action is graceful but 

 formal, and has a sameness necessarily dependent 

 on its artificial acquisition which prevents the 

 manifestation of individual differences. They 

 raise the right arm on minor emphasis, and both 

 arms when a climax occurs. The King testified 

 his pleasure by tapping the arm of his chair and 

 a slight 1 inclination of his head ; and he re- 

 peatedly turned to Dr. Goodall to note the 

 names of the speakers. At the conclusion of the 

 orations he rose, bowed first to the heads of the 

 College, then to the scholars, and lastly turned 

 again to the visitors and his own suite, who then 

 rose. The lords in waiting then walked back- 

 wards before the King till he came to the middle 

 of the open space. There Dr. Goodall an- 

 nounced that, at His Majesty's request, an addi- 

 tional week was granted to the Easter holidays, 

 if the boys did not object. This was received 

 with renewed and deafening cheers, amid which 

 the royal party retired as they had entered. 



' I was glad to see that the cheers were again 

 repeated as Dr. Keate passed down the alley, 

 which he returned with some good-humoured 

 nods which seemed to say, " Yes ! you young 

 rogues, you may thank me for flogging into you all 

 the good you are ever likely to get in this world." ' J 



1 The conclusion of this but was rewritten by Owen 

 letter had apparently been lost, himself after 1856 ! 



