For a moment Lord M.himself was forgotten.
V The months flew past.

The summer was over: "the pleasantest summer I EVER passed in MY LIFE, and I shall never forget this first summer of my reign." With surprising rapidity, another summer was upon her.

The coronation came and went--a curious dream.

The antique, intricate, endless ceremonial worked itself out as best it could, like some machine of gigantic complexity which was a little out of order.

The small central figure went through her gyrations.