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11 June 1882 — Copenhagen | |
Sunday. 11th June [1882]. Henry & I went off to the Castle of Rosenberg abt 10 o’cl to meet Mr Warsaae who had promised to show us over it. He joined us & brought with him a spinster lady from Kiel whom he said was attached to the Museum at Kiel & she went over the Castle with us. It is arranged in the most clever manner—each room being dedicated to one date & the costumes of each king being placed in their date. We saw the hall of the knights with the coronation chairs in silver & the 3 silver life sized lions wh stand before them. We also saw the Regalia—& a curious collection of Venetian glass of the last century wh remain as when arranged by Frederick who brought them from Venice. It was past 12 when we had seen it all & we took leave of Mr & Mrs Warsaae & the archeological young lady of Kiel & we went to the hotel paid our toll—arranged for the luggage to go to the steamer & then went on to the Legation to lunch there. There was a young Danish lady there also a Mme Oxholm. She spoke perfect English only once mispronouncing a word wh made a curious mistake– She had heard that in England they hoped soon to pass a law that you might marry your deseased wife’s sister! Mr Greville also was at lunch & afterwards Mr Gosling came & they accompanied us to the steamer Limfjorden in wh we took our departure for Christiania. We sailed at 3 & it was fine but showery. All went well until we got to Elsinore where we got out into less smooth water. The castle is very beautiful & picturesque & one wd have liked to have seen it but soon the movement of the waves caused us to “seek the seclusion that our cabin grants” & we went below– I was terribly sick all night & we pitched dreadfully. The stewardess was very attentive she slept on the floor of the ladies’ cabin where we were & attended to me as Hill was nearly hors de combat. | |
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