He pushed hastily thorough the crowd of curious lookers-on, and, at the sight of these unexpected erections, uttered a cry of anger and dismay.

It was Buckingham, who had awakened from his stupor, in order to adorn himself with a costume perfectly dazzling from its beauty, and to await the arrival of the princess and the queen-mother at the Hotel de Ville.

At the entrance to the tents, the soldiers barred his passage, and his further progress was arrested.

Buckingham, hopelessly infuriated, raised his whip; but his arm was seized by a couple of officers.

Of the two guardians of the tent, only one was there.