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(for Denmark), Countess Einsiedel (for Germany), Miss Brambilla (for Italy), and Miss Everts (for Belgium). Mme. [[unclear]] was ill and did not go. Our interpretors were Miss Corbett, Miss Yatrell, Miss Scott, Mme. Bauer, & Miss [[Piry?]]. As we emerged from the Presence, we were ushered into the room where tiffin was served - a spacious room but with too many foolish foreign things in it to be beautiful. We were very well seated, the Princesses Tsai Hsun & Tsai Tao in the middle, opposite one another, with Lady Jordan & Mme. Beelaerts on either side of the former, and Mme. | (for Denmark), Countess Einsiedel (for Germany), Miss Brambilla (for Italy), and Miss Everts (for Belgium). Mme. [[unclear]] was ill and did not go. Our interpretors were Miss Corbett, Miss Yatrell, Miss Scott, Mme. Bauer, & Miss [[Piry?]]. As we emerged from the Presence, we were ushered into the room where tiffin was served - a spacious room but with too many foolish foreign things in it to be beautiful. We were very well seated, the Princesses Tsai Hsun & Tsai Tao in the middle, opposite one another, with Lady Jordan & Mme. Beelaerts on either side of the former, and Mme. Korostovetz and myself on either side of the latter. Miss Corbett was next to me and then the Princess Tsai Chen. The tiffin was long and elaborate and very good, with delicious pigeons eggs and Peking duck. The table has a breadth of yellow silk down the centre, with flowers garlanded upon it, and three baskets made of small flowers, more ingenious than beautiful in the middle. The service was rapid | ||
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(for Denmark), Countess Einsiedel (for Germany), Miss Brambilla (for Italy), and Miss Everts (for Belgium). Mme. unclear was ill and did not go. Our interpretors were Miss Corbett, Miss Yatrell, Miss Scott, Mme. Bauer, & Miss Piry?. As we emerged from the Presence, we were ushered into the room where tiffin was served - a spacious room but with too many foolish foreign things in it to be beautiful. We were very well seated, the Princesses Tsai Hsun & Tsai Tao in the middle, opposite one another, with Lady Jordan & Mme. Beelaerts on either side of the former, and Mme. Korostovetz and myself on either side of the latter. Miss Corbett was next to me and then the Princess Tsai Chen. The tiffin was long and elaborate and very good, with delicious pigeons eggs and Peking duck. The table has a breadth of yellow silk down the centre, with flowers garlanded upon it, and three baskets made of small flowers, more ingenious than beautiful in the middle. The service was rapid