Between ten and eleven, the military and civil officers began gradually to arrive, the subordinate ones, as I was told, coming first.

On their entrance into the church, a brownish-red silk cloak, which concealed the whole of the uniform, was presented to each.

Every time that another of a higher rank appeared, all those already in the church rose from their seats, and advancing towards the new comer as far as the church door, accompanied him respectfully to his place.

The emperor and his wife arrived the last of all.

The emperor is extremely young--not quite one and twenty--but six feet tall, and very corpulent; his features are those of the Hapsburg-Lothering family.