"The King sat in the middle of the room, so that he could look point-blank at us; he sat with his back to the chimney, in which there was a fire burning.

He had on a worn hat, of the clerical shape [old-military in fact, not a shovel at all]; CASSAQUIN," short dressing-gown, "of red-brown (MORDORE) velvet; black breeches, and boots which came quite up over the knee.

His hair was not dressed.

Three little benchlets or stools, covered with green cloth, stood before him, on which he had his feet lying [terribly ill of gout].

In his lap he had a sort of muff, with one of his hands in it, which seemed to be giving him great pain.