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Peter Parley's visit to London - Tim And Angi

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40 PETER PARLEY'S<br />

CHAPTER VI.<br />

PARLEY DESCRIBES WESTMINSTER ABBEY ON THE MORNING OF<br />

THE CORONATION, AND RELATES THE LEGENDS CONNECTED<br />

WITH ST. EDWARD'S CHAIR.<br />

" EARLY in the morning, <strong>Peter</strong> Parley was<br />

up and dressed. He<br />

had hardly finished his<br />

devotions when, early though<br />

it was, Major<br />

Meadows knocked at the door of his room<br />

<strong>to</strong><br />

enquire if he was stirring.<br />

" After partaking of a hurried breakfast we<br />

got in<strong>to</strong> a carriage and drove <strong>to</strong> the Abbey.<br />

As we passed along, we found people, even<br />

at such an early hour, already begun <strong>to</strong><br />

congregate in the streets, and <strong>to</strong> take up

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