Sinking on his knee before the beautiful shroud-clad Queen, he raised her hand and kissed it.

The act was seen by all in and around the Blue Mouth, and a mighty cheering rose, which seemed to rise and swell as it ran far and wide up the hillsides, till it faded away on the far-off mountain-top, where rose majestically the mighty Flagstaff bearing the standard of the Balkan Federation.
For myself, I can never forget that wonderful scene of a nation's enthusiasm, and the core of it is engraven on my memory.

That spotless deck, typical of all that is perfect in naval use; the King and Queen of the greatest nation of the earth {3} received by the newest King and Queen--a King and Queen who won empire for themselves, so that the former subject of another King received him as a brother-monarch on a history-making occasion, when a new world-power was, under his tutelage, springing into existence.

The fair Northern Queen in the arms of the dark Southern Queen with the starry eyes.

The simple splendour of Northern dress arrayed against that of almost peasant plainness of the giant King of the South.