Peter Parley's visit to London - Tim And Angi

20 PETER PARLEY'S
palace-clock announced that hour, the band
struck up the National Anthem, the Park and
Tower guns fired a double royal salute, and
the young and trembling Queen, led by
the Marquis of Lansdowne, President of the
Council, appeared at an open window looking
into the great court of the Palace. At
the fervent and enthusiastic shout of the
people who had come to witness the ceremony,
her Majesty burst into tears, and, in
spite of all her efforts to restrain them, they
continued to flow down her pale cheeks all
the time she remained at the window. Her
emotions did not, however, prevent her from
returning her acknowledgments for the devotedness
of her people.