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THE PROCLAMATION 61
gleaming—a magnificent regiment. They were
greeted with cheers and shouts of "Bravo, the
Ninth!" The Duke and Duchess received an
enthusiastic welcome. The National Anthem was
played by the massed bands, and the whole audience
remained standing.
Their Royal Highnesses then took their seats on
the dais. The Duke of Connaught, who was in
the uniform of a Field Marshal, looked a kingly
figure sittting there, his gold baton on his thigh
and his breast smothered with orders.
There was a pause of a few moments, and a
dense cloud of dust was seen far off. It was the
Viceroy. Gradually the Fourth Dragoon Guards
came into view; then a flash of scarlet, the Vice-
roy's bodyguard; and lastly, the Imperial Cadets,
resplendent in blue and silver. The Viceregal
carriage was drawn by four magnificent horses
with outriders in scarlet and gold. As their
Excellencies ascended the dais, the entire audience
rose in their seats, a royal salute boomed out, the
Viceregal standard was unfurled, and the massed
bands once more played the National Anthem.
Very beautiful in a pale blue dress embroidered
with gold, Lady Curzon took her seat near Her
Royal Highness. The Viceroy bowed to the
gleaming—a magnificent regiment. They were
greeted with cheers and shouts of "Bravo, the
Ninth!" The Duke and Duchess received an
enthusiastic welcome. The National Anthem was
played by the massed bands, and the whole audience
remained standing.
Their Royal Highnesses then took their seats on
the dais. The Duke of Connaught, who was in
the uniform of a Field Marshal, looked a kingly
figure sittting there, his gold baton on his thigh
and his breast smothered with orders.
There was a pause of a few moments, and a
dense cloud of dust was seen far off. It was the
Viceroy. Gradually the Fourth Dragoon Guards
came into view; then a flash of scarlet, the Vice-
roy's bodyguard; and lastly, the Imperial Cadets,
resplendent in blue and silver. The Viceregal
carriage was drawn by four magnificent horses
with outriders in scarlet and gold. As their
Excellencies ascended the dais, the entire audience
rose in their seats, a royal salute boomed out, the
Viceregal standard was unfurled, and the massed
bands once more played the National Anthem.
Very beautiful in a pale blue dress embroidered
with gold, Lady Curzon took her seat near Her
Royal Highness. The Viceroy bowed to the