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both Serene and Royal, " had no idea before 

 that the frog was ever a tadpole ! " or that the 

 tadpole turned into a frog ! I had described 

 the chief part of the metamorphoses. After 

 their Majesties' departure there is of course much 

 chat with the lords and ladies in waiting. Her 

 Majesty sent to ask if I would see " Beatrice" 

 after luncheon, and accordingly about a quarter to 

 three I was conducted from the Lords in Waiting's 

 luncheon table, by an usher, to a long gallery, 

 with oriel windows and beautiful paintings. The 

 lady in special charge of little Beatrice led me 

 some way along the gallery, where a short dis- 

 tance further we came upon Lord Russell, and 

 I had a very cordial greeting from my neigh- 

 bour in Richmond Park. Then we went on a 

 little further, and again stopped, and I could see 

 the Queen and King Leopold walking arm- 

 in-arm along the further end of the gallery, 

 which is in a curve, and coming towards us ; we 

 stopped in the embrasure or oriel till they had 

 turned back, and then crossed the gallery and 

 out of a door which led along the passage to 

 the Princess Beatrice's room. She has beauti- 

 ful long sandy golden hair, hanging wavy down 

 her back. She will be eight years old on the 

 14th of April. We went to the lecture-room, 

 and I told her stories about the animals in the 

 diagrams for about half an hour. She is con- 

 sidered too young to come in to the lectures 



