Only I noted that certain men clad in sacerdotal garments not at all unlike those which are worn in the Greek Church to-day, remained standing.
Now all this exhibition of terrestrial pomp faded.

The next scene was simple, that of the death-bed of this same king--we knew him by his wizened features.

There he lay, terribly old and dying.

Physicians, women, courtiers, all were there watching the end.

The tableau vanished and in place of it appeared that of the youthful successor amidst cheering crowds, with joy breaking through the clouds of simulated grief upon his face.