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21 June 1887 — Ca’ Capello, Venice | |
Tuesday. 21st [June 1887]. Jubilee Day. Today is the Queen’s Jubilee & we are giving a dinner & party in her honor. Busy morng putting up the flowers for the dinner table. Ola went out & bought more flowers so that we might have the English colours red, white & blue, on the table. Lunch at 1.30. It was a very oppressive day & in the afternoon a tremendous thunderstorm came up. Henry, Nela & I went out abt 3.30 in gondola up the grand canal. There were a great many flags out in honor of our Queen. English, American & the great flags were up in the piazza but we did not see them as just as we got near Mrs Bronson’s the rain came down & we had to take refuge with her & then hurried home between the showers; after we got home it came on thicker than ever & there was a very deluge of rain & it continued raining most of the evening. Dressed early for dinner– We dined 20 in the long hall viz besides us & the 2 girls Countess Pisani, M. Zuccato (V. Consul), Mr Malcolm, Mr Popham, Capt. Kirk, Mr H. Brown, Mrs Brown, Mr & Mrs Eden, Mme & Mlle de Hurtado, Mr St Leger, Mrs Bronson, Mr Woods, Lady Louisa Legge, Mr Peabody Russell. We sat down at 8. The Hungarian Band played during dinner & when Henry gave the Queen’s health they played God save the Queen with great spirit & we gave 3 cheers—they then broke into their own national air. Malcolm gave Henry & my health and we left the table at 9.30. At 10 the other invités game—the Sindaco (Serego) & the Prefet (Mussi) & a good number of Italian & English, abt 120 in all. The table was cleared away in the hall & they danced there. In between whiles the band played other pieces which were listened to with great interest & it was not till 1.30 that they played God save the Queen again. It was applauded & encored & then they played their own national air & the party broke up. Henry & I telegraphed to the Queen yesterday morning abt 10 thro’ Sir Henry Ponsonby—& at 5 that afternoon had an answer “The Queen’s sincere thanks for congratulations.” | |
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