In a few minutes the Emperor with his sister made their appearance and got into it.

As the carriage started, I pressed forward and got hold of the ring of the coach door and kept pace with it for about a quarter of a mile.

I was so near that I could have touched him; he was in a plain dress, a brown coat, and altogether like any other gentleman.

His sister, the Duchess, also was dressed in a very plain, unattractive manner, and, if it had not been for the crowd which followed, they would have been taken for any lady and gentleman taking an airing.
"In this unostentatious manner does he conduct himself, despising all pomp, and seems rather more intent upon inspecting the charitable, useful, and ornamental establishments of this country, with a view, probably, of benefiting his own dominions by his observations, than of displaying his rank by the splendor of dress and equipage.
"His condescension also is no less remarkable.

An instance or two will exemplify it.