The following morning there was the State Visit to the Houses of Parliament.
They travelled in a number of open carriages all drawn, Sola noticed, by extremely well-bred horses.
The King and the Grand Duke rode in the first carriage with two aides-de-camp sitting opposite them.
aides-de-campSola was with the Foreign Secretary and his wife, whom she had grown to like more and more on the voyage.
She was surprised to notice that the crowds were not as enthusiastic as they had been on the previous day.
A great number of people did not wave, they merely looked at the carriages and walked on intent on their own business.
It was so completely obvious as they drew nearer to the Houses of Parliament that she said to Madame Botzaris,
“Why are they not so pleased to see us today? I was touche
